Which German Count invented the zeppelin?
Who was the first president of the USA?
Who was the second president of the United States?
How many women did Henry VIII have?
In which city was the Titanic built?
What was the name of Napoleon s first wife?
Which city became capital of West-Germany in 1949?
On which island was Napoleon born?
How many children did Queen Victoria have?
Which war was ended by the signing the armistice on July 27 th, 1953?
When became Albania an independent country? In 1713, 1813 or 1913?
Xerxes ruled a great empire around the fifth century BC. Which empire?
Which French king was called the Sun King?
ANSWERS
Count (Von) Zeppelin
George Washington
John Adams
Six women
Belfast
Josephine
Bonn
Corsica
Nine children
The Korean War
In the year 1913
The Persian empire
Louis XIV
1--Which Admiral led the British Royal Navy during the Battle of the Nile in 1798?
2--Who was the first female to fly solo from Great Britain to Australia?
3--What nickname did Mary I of England receive after she ordered the persecution of hundreds of protestants?
4--Which famous explorer landed on Possession Island and claimed it as British territory?
5--What is the name of the United Kingdom's most senior palace located in the City of Westminster?
6--Which famous military leader defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo?
7--What act was passed on April 5, 1764 by the Parliament of Great Britain to raise revenue from the American colonists?
8--Who was the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain?
9--Which former British coin has a fixed value of 21 shillings?
10--During World War I, suffragettes handed a white feather to men wearing a what?
11--Which British Royal Navy ship became trapped on the Yangtze River during the Chinese Civil War?
12--During which battle did Admiral Lord Nelson receive the bullet wound that would lead to his death?
13--Who established the Church of England?
14--True or false: The Airco DH-2 was a British fighter aircraft first used during WWI?
15--Which British King, whose body was later discovered under a car park in Leicester, is said to have ordered the death of his nephews, Edward V of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, the Duke of York?
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1--Nelson
2--Amy Johnson
3--Bloody Mary
4--Captain James Cook
5--St James's Palace
6--Duke of Wellington
7--The Sugar Act (The American Revenue Act)
8--King George I
9--A guinea
10--An army uniform
11--HMS Amethyst
12--The Battle of Trafalgar
13--King Henry VIII
14--True
15--King Richard III
1--Nazi Germany planned to invade the UK during WWII, what did Hitler name the planned invasion?
2--During the first times of exploration, the Western Hemisphere, in particular the Americas, were known by what term?
3--Which US President gave the famous Gettysburg Address Speech?
4--The War of the Grand Alliance was also known as the (how many) Years' War?
5--In 1938, what was designed from corrugated steel by William Paterson and Carl Kernson?
6--What name was given to the South African Wars of 1880-1881 and 1899-1902?
7--What British tribe did the Iceni belong to?
8--During which World War did the Battle of the Somme occur?
9--Which notorious 18th Century British pirate wore a beard and became famous for operating around the West Indies and the east coasts of the American colonies?
10--Who piloted the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic?
11--True or False: The Dowding System was a ground controlled interception network that controlled airspace across the United Kingdom?
12--During which war did Florence Nightingale attend to wounded soldiers?
13--Which English civil engineer constructed a network of tunnels, bridges and viaducts for the Great Western Railway from 1833?
14--What were the Enterprise, Yorktown and Hornet?
15--What was the name of the legendary sword of King Arthur?
ANSWERS
1--Operation Sealion
2--The New World
3--Abraham Lincoln
4--The Nine Years' War
5--The Anderson Shelter
6--The First and Second Boer War
7--The Celtic tribes
8--World War One
9--Blackbeard
10--Captain John Alcock
11--True
12--The Crimean War
13--Isambard Kingdom Brunel
14--American Aircraft Carriers
15--Excalibur
1--Which famous artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
2--What was the Flying Scotsman?
3--What was Henry VIII's surname?
4--Who was leader of the Romans when they invaded Great Britain in 55 BC?
5--In which country was the Statue of Zeus located?
6--Out of the seven ancient wonders of the world, which one is still standing?
7--Which city did the Romans refer to as Londinium?
8--In which country was Adolf Hitler born?
9--Which British King had a stutter?
10--In which year did the Falklands War take place?
11--Who invented the Spitfire?
12--Which American civil rights leader was assassinated in 1968?
13--What is the name of King Arthur's sword?
14--Which country was Saddam Hussein ruler over?
15--During which year was The Great Fire of London?
ANSWERS
1--Michelangelo
2--A train
3--Tudor
4--Julius Caesar
5--Greece
6--The Great Pyramid of Giza
7--London
8--Austria
9--King George VI
10--1982
11--R.J. Mitchell
12--Martin Luther King
13--Excalibur
14--Iraq
15--1666
1--What was the name of the fleet that launched an attack on England in May 1588?
2--Which country did Iraq invade in 1990?
3--At the Battle of Trafalgar, what was the name of Nelson's flagship?
4--What was the name of the mistress of Adolf Hitler?
5--What was the name of the first American president to be assassinated?
6--Which of Henry VIII's wives is buried next to him?
7--Who was the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated?
8--What was the name of the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic?
9--During which year did Columbus discover America?
10--Which leader famously said 'we shall fight them on the beaches'?
11--Who was first to fly over the English Channel?
12--In which year did the first Afghan war take place?
13--With which country was the first China war fought against?
14--In the year of 1981, which American spacecraft made its first flight?
15--What was the name of the famous British Admiral who only had one eye?
ANSWERS
1--The Spanish Armada
2--Kuwait
3--The Victory
4--Eva Braun
5--Abraham Lincoln
6--Jane Seymour
7--Spencer Perceval
8--Amelia Earhart
9--1492
10--Winston Churchill
11--Louis Bleriot
12--1839
13--Britain
14--The Shuttle
15--Nelson
1--What is the name of the tapestry that shows the invasion of England in the year of 1066?
2--What is the name given to the Pirate's flag that bears the skull and cross bones?
3--In 1999, which country voted to keep the Queen?
4--What was the name of the man that killed Abraham Lincoln?
5--Which army destroyed the Inca empire in 1532?
6--What did Guy Fawkes attempt to blow up?
7--Who was the President of America before Barack Obama?
8--Who was Prime Minister of Britain before Winston Churchill?
9--Which famous car manufacturer designed the merlin engine which was used to power numerous aircrafts during the second world war?
10--In which year did Germany attack France during the Second World War?
11--Who designed the dome of St Peter's in Rome?
12--Which country has the world's oldest flag?
13--In which city was the Titanic built?
14--Name two of the Marx brothers first names?
15--What were the names of the three ships that belonged to Christopher Columbus?
ANSWERS
1--The Bayeux Tapestry
2--Jolly Roger
3--Australia
4--John Wilkes Booth
5--The Spanish conquistadors
6--The Houses of Parliament
7--George Bush
8--Neville Chamberlain
9--Rolls-Royce
10--1940
11--Michelangelo
12--Denmark
13--Belfast
14--Zeppo, Harpo, Groucho and Chico
15--The Nina, The Pinta and The Santa Maria
1--Where did the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton take place?
2--Which two countries fought during the Falklands War?
3--What is the largest species of dinosaurs?
4--Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?
5--Who was Prince Albert married to?
6--Who succeeded Franklin D Roosevelt as President?
7--What was the world's first postage stamp?
8--During which year did the London Underground first open?
9--Which German city was divided by a wall?
10--In which city was Martin Luther King shot in the year of 1968?
11--Who was the first Republican President of America?
12--Which famous explorer discovered Cuba?
13--What was the name of the president who was shot whilst walking to California Governor Jerry Brown' office?
14--Which nation invented fireworks?
15--Who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2010?
ANSWERS
1--Westminster Abbey
2--Argentina and Great Britain
3--Brachiosaurus
4--Roald Amundsen
5--Queen Victoria
6--Harry S Truman
7--The Penny Black
8--1863
9--Berlin
10--Memphis
11--Abraham Lincoln
12--Christopher Columbus
13--Gerald Ford
14--China
15--David Cameron
1--Which battle became known as the Greasy Grass and Custer's Last Stand?
2--What was the nickname of American scout William Frederick Cody who supplied buffalo meat to workers on the Kansas Pacific Railroad?
3--During WWII, a research and development project that produced the 1st nuclear weapons became known as what?
4--Which war was brought to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783?
5--Which astronaut performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space?
6--The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion to overthrow the powers of which controversial leader?
7--What is inscribed on the tablet held in the left hand of the Statue of Liberty?
8--What year did the attack on Pearl Harbor take place?
9--Which American President established NASA?
10--True or false: Buzz Aldrin served as a fighter pilot for the US Air Force during the Korean War?
11--Can you name two of the American aircraft carriers present at the Battle of Midway?
12--Which famous nurse was founder of the American Red Cross?
13--Who assassinated President John Kennedy?
14--The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was a confrontation between which two nations?
15--On July 2, 1776, 13 colonies became legally separated from where?
ANSWERS
1--The Battle of the Little Bighorn
2--Buffalo Bill
3--The Manhattan Project
4--The American Revolution
5--Neil Armstrong
6--Fidel Castro
7--A date is inscribed on the tablet: JULY IV MDCCLXXVI (July 4, 1776)
8--1941
9--Dwight D. Eisenhower
10--True
11--Enterprise, Yorktown, Hornet
12--Clara Barton
13--Harvey Oswald
14--The United States and Soviet Union
15--Great Britain
1--Which nation attacked a US Navy base at Pearl Harbour in December 1941?
2--Was the Spitfire used during the First World War?
3--Who discovered Cuba in 1492?
4--During which century did France present the Statue of Liberty to America?
5--Who stepped onto the moon shortly after Neil Armstrong?
6--What is the name of Lord Nelson's flagship?
7--Who was the first Norman king of England?
8--What is a Fokker Eindecker?
9--Why has Oslo donated a Christmas tree to Trafalgar Square, London since 1947?
10--Which American President famously helped to feed the entire nation of Belgium following the invasion of Germany during WWI?
11--What type of vehicle is the Immelmann turn associated with?
12--Which British king celebrated his Silver Jubilee in 1935?
13--Who built a famous steam locomotive in 1829 called 'The Rocket'?
14--What is the Flying Dutchman?
15--Who was the last British Prime Minister born under the reign of Queen Victoria?
ANSWERS
1--Japan
2--No, the Spitfire was not used during WWI
3--Christopher Columbus
4--19th Century
5--Buzz Aldrin
6--HMS Victory
7--William the Conqueror
8--A German fighter aircraft
9--As a token of gratitude for British support during WWII
10--Herbert Hoover
11--Aircraft
12--King George V
13--Robert Stephenson
14--A legendary ghost ship
15--Harold Macmillan
The Battle of Ladysmith, Battle of Talana Hill, Battle of Colenso and Siege of Mafeking occurred during ... ?
Option : The Peninsular War
Option : The Napoleonic Wars
Option : The Crimean War
Option : The Great Boer War
Answer : The Great Boer War
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The Falklands war of 1982 was triggered by the Argentine occupation of the Falkland Islands and ... ?
Option : The Haitian Islands
Option : South Georgia
Option : The Inglis Islands
Option : Western Derp
Answer : South Georgia
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In 1982 the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Conqueror sunk the Argentine ship ... ? [B-------]
Answer : Belgrano
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Winston Churchill Served the entirety of World War I as a desk clerk in London. True or False ... ?
Option : True
Option : False
Answer : False
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Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig led the British Army in ... ?
Option : Operation Desert Fox
Option : The Kosovo War
Option : World War I
Option : World War II
Answer : World War I
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During the 1991 Gulf war the main battle tank of the British army was ... ?
Option : Leopard I
Option : Leopard IV
Option : Challenger I
Option : Challenger IV
Answer : Challenger I
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Introduced in 1979 which multirole fighter plays a major role in the airforces of Britain, Italy, Germany and Saudi Arabia. Eventually it will to be replaced by the Typhoon and F-35 Lightning II.
Option : Lightning
Option : Galaxy
Option : Strike Eagle
Option : Tornado
Answer : Tornado
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The last monarch to die in combat was ... ?
Option : Edward VI
Option : Edward V
Option : Richard III
Option : Henry VII
Answer : Richard III
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Britain declared war on Germany in ...
Option : January 1939
Option : September 1939
Option : January 1940
Option : September 1940
Answer : September 1939
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The battle of 25th October 1415 in which an English army consisting largely of English and Welsh archers defeated a significantly larger French army of mounted nobles was ... ?
Option : Battle of Agincourt
Option : Battle of Waterloo
Option : Battle of Blenheim
Option : Battle of Hastings
Answer : Battle of Agincourt
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UK in 1950s
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The 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to which British philosopher [B----------- R--------]
Answer : Bertrand Russell
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Which of these successful artists did not have a number 1 hit in the 1950s ... ? ... ?
Option : Guy Mitchell
Option : Elvis Presley
Option : Frankie Laine
Option : Daniel Bedingfield
Answer : Daniel Bedingfield
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King George VI died on 6 February 1952 at Sandringham House aged ... ?. ... ?
Option : 54
Option : 72
Option : 56
Option : 70
Answer : 56
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In 1950s India severed ties with the United Kingdom and became a [r-------].
Answer : republic
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The Stone of Scone, the traditional coronation stone of Scottish monarchs, English monarchs and more recently British monarchs, was stolen from London's Westminster Abbey in 1950 by a group of four ... ?. students.
Option : Scottish
Option : Welsh
Option : Norwegian
Option : Australian
Answer : Scottish
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In November 1950, attempt to hold the Second [W---- P---- C-------] at Sheffield City Hall was thwarted by the British authorities who prevented many international delegates from entering the country.
Answer : World Peace Congress
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In the 1950s the longest duration of a single at number one was eighteen weeks achieved by Frankie Laine's ... ?..
Option : Lady Madonna
Option : I Believe
Option : Baby Come Back
Option : Mambo No. 5
Answer : I Believe
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What was abandoned on 21st February 1952 ... ?
Option : Compulsory identity cards
Option : Rationing
Option : Conscription
Answer : Compulsory identity cards
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The first National park in England and Wales established on the 28th of December 1950 ... ? ... ?
Option : Peak District
Option : Yorkshire Dales
Option : South Downs
Option : Yorkshire North
Answer : Peak District
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1954 4th of August saw the Maiden flight of the supersonic fighter plane called the ... ?..
Option : MiG-29
Option : English Electric Lightning P-1
Option : Fairey Gannet TSR.2
Option : AV-8B Harrier II
Answer : English Electric Lightning P-1
1. The Triumph TR 6, Aston Martin DB6, Ferrari Dino and the early 1970s Ford Mustang all had which kind of tail or back?
2. What was the name of the 1783 treaty that formally ended the American Revolutionary War?
3. What was the capital city of Portugal between the years 1808 and 1821?
4. The United States of America has formally declared war on five different occasions against ten countries. Can you name the first three countries? One point for each correct answer.
5. The Canadian Captain Arthur 'Roy' Brown is credited with bringing which man down?
6. The amphibious and airborne German plan to invade Britain in 1940 was known as Operation what?
7. The OSS was the predecessor of which organisation?
8. The three worst maritime disasters in history all occurred in 1945. In which sea did all three ships go down?
9. Which Apollo 11 astronaut did not set foot on the moon?
10. According to legend, which man rode horses named Llamrei, Hengroen and Passelande?
ANSWERS
1. Kamm (Kamm tail, K-tail or Kammback)
2. The Treaty of Paris
3. Rio de Janeiro
4. Great Britain (1812), Mexico (1846) and Spain (1898)
5. The Red Baron
6. Operation Sea Lion
7. The CIA (OSS: Office of Strategic Services)
8. The Baltic Sea (Wilhelm Gustloff 30.1.1945 circa 10,000 dead, Cap Arcona 3.5.1945 circa 8,000 dead, Goya 16.4.1945 circa 7,000 dead)
9. Michael Collins
10. King Arthur
800 ex-servicemen were formed into a new force of special constables and sent to Ireland in 1920 to quell the troubles. What was their nickname ... [The ----- and T---]?
Answer : The Black and Tans
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Aboard which ship did Captain Scott sail to the Antarctic in 1901 ... ? [The D--------]
Answer : The Discovery
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According to Arthurian legend, which wizard counselled and assisted Arthur ... ?
Answer : Merlin
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Against which country did England fight the 100 years war ... ?
Answer : France
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Against which of England ... ?s monarchs was The Babington Plot organised ... ?
Answer : Elizabeth I
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At which London underground station was the fire of November 18th, 1987 which resulted in 31 deaths ... ? [----- -----]
Answer : Kings Cross
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At which Scottish Castle is there a giant cannon on display called Mons Meg ... ?
Answer : Edinburgh
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Balmoral Castle was built for which monarch ... ? [Queen --------]
Answer : Queen Victoria
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Before decimalisation, how many pennies were in a pound ... ?
Option : 80
Option : 130
Option : 240
Option : 310
Answer : 240
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Boadicea is the ancient warrior-queen of which British tribe ... ? [I----]"
Answer : Iceni
1. Which British fashion designer does one associate with the invention of the mini skirt and hot pants?
2. Which famous phrase stems from the doomed troops on board the sinking ship HMS Birkenhead?
3. Billy Bishop, Roland Garros, Mick Mannock and Eddie Rickenbacker are all examples of what?
4. Hornburg, Badger Pass, Marathon, Ragnorak and Bulge are all examples of what?
5. In which year did the RMS Queen Mary retire from trans Atlantic service? Plus or minus 1 year.
6. In which year were the first daily weather forecasts published in The Times newspaper?
a. 1760 b. 1800 c. 1860 d. 1900
7. Tsar Nicholas II, Brian Eno, Tom Sawyer, Lenin, John Quincy Adams, Marc Chagall and Huckleberry Finn have all lived where at one time or another?
8. Which million selling model with plenty of 'horsepower' was Matchbox's first sales success in the 1953?
9. Who was involved with the Australian surfer Blaine after splitting up with Ken Carson?
10. What name was given to the hundreds of thousands of people who helped clean up and contain the Chernobyl nuclear disaster?
ANSWERS
1. Mary Quant
2. "Women and children first"
3. World War One flying aces
4. Famous battles. (real and fictional)
5. 1967
6. c. 1860
7. In St. Petersburg (Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn lived in the fictional St Petersburg)
8. Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Coach
9. Barbie
10. Liquidators
1. All of the following belonged to which tragic hero?
Ron, Goosewhite, Pridwen and Llamrei
2. Which two German cities suffered the most casualties due to aerial bombardment in World War Two?
3. What were serfs or slaves called in ancient Sparta?
4. In order, which three wars were responsible for the most battle deaths amongst American soldiers?
5. Which 1983 Nobel Peace Prize winner decided to send his wife to Oslo to accept the prize because he feared he would not be readmitted to his homeland?
6. From a list of historical Empires at their greatest extent, the British Empire was by far the largest, covering an area of 33.7 million sq km back in 1923. What other historical empires feature in the top five? (One point for each)
7. Which English city would have been the new capital if Adolf Hitler's invasion plans had been successful?
8. Rosa Maltoni, a school teacher, married blacksmith and revolutionary socialist activist Alessandro. Who was their famous son?
9. What was Belize called until 1973?
10. What were the names of the five D-Day beaches?
ANSWERS
1. King Arthur (Ron was his lance, Goosewhite was his helmut, Pridwen was his shield and Llamrei was his horse)
2. Dresden and Hamburg
3. Helots
4. World War II (292,131), Civil War (214,939), World War I (53,513) Source: U.S. Dept. of Defence
5. Lech Walesa
6. The top five largest empires at their greatest extent:
1. British Empire - 33.7 million sq km (1923),
2. Mongol Empire - 24.0 million sq km (1270 or 1309),
3. Russian Empire - 23.7 million sq km (1866),
4. Spanish Empire - 20.0 million sq km (ca. 1740-1790),
5. Qing Empire, China - 14.7 million sq km (1790).
(The Roman empire made it to number 15 with 6.5 million sq km and the Portuguese Empire a respectable 10th place with 10.4 million sq km)
7. Oxford
8. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini
9. British Honduras
10. Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword
1. Nicknamed 'Connie', what was the most popular commercial airliner in the 1950s?
2. The Dickin Medal, bearing the words 'We also serve' and 'For Gallantry', is awarded to which members of the armed forces in the UK?
3. Which part of India was occupied by the Japanese in WW II?
4. Which country sent its navy around the world to fight the Japanese in 1904?
5. The 'Tonton Macoute' were the dreaded paramilitary police in which country?
6. Between the years 1992 and 2010, in which country were most journalists killed?
7. The majority of immigrants to the USA between 1820 and 1900 came from which two countries?
8. Which maritime explorer gave the Pacific ocean its name?
9. Which two British aviators were the first to be able to say 'yesterday I was in the Americas, today I'm in Europe'?
10. Which country's flag, the oldest existing flag in the world, apparently fell out of the heavens during a battle on 15th June, 1219?
11. Which three letters replaced CQD?
a. SOS,
b. KGB,
c. TNT,
d. FYI
12. Majestic tea clippers brought tea 'all the way from China'. The first to arrive at the London docks commanded the best prices. One such race in 1866 between clippers with memorable names like Taeping, Ariel, Fiery Cross, Thermopylae, Sir Lancelot and Cutty Sark attracted considerable public attention. All these ships left Foochow at the end of May for the 16,000 mile journey to London. The Taeping was the first to arrive. How many days did it take ?
a. 39 days,
b. 99 days,
c. 199 days,
d. 299 days
13. What name was given to the first body of fleet footed professional constables formed in England in the 1750's?
ANSWERS
1. The Lockheed 'Constellation' or 'Super Constellation'
2. Animals
3. The Andaman Islands
4. Russia
5. Haiti
6. Iraq (source: CPJ 'Committee to Protect Journalists)
7. Ireland and Germany
8. Ferdinand Magellan (el mar Pacifico)
9. Alcock and Brown
10. Denmark (The Dannebrog)
11. a. SOS
12. b: 99 days
13. Bow Street Runners (slang name 'red breasts')
1. Where was the armistice signed after the end of the war?
2. Who commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland?
3. At which battle were the tanks first used?
4. Which British liner did a German U ? boat sink on May 5th 1915?
5. Which French hero of World War I was tried for treason after World War II?
6. Which German Military leader of World War I became President of Germany in 1925?
7. Where was the German fleet scuttled in 1919?
8. Who became German chief of staff in 1916 , directing the German war effort alongside Hindenburg?
9. At which battle was poison gas first used?
10. Which French general dictated the term of allied victory (World War I)?
ANSWERS
1. Railway Carriage at Compiegne
2. John Jellicoe
3. Somme , 1916
4. Lusitania
5. Petain
6. Paul Von Hindenburg
7. Scapa Flow
8. Eric Ludendorff
9. Ypres, 1915
10. Ferdinand Foch
1. Who became secretary general of the UN in 1961?
2. What year was the Arab Israeli six-day war?
3. Which English dramatist was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell in 1967?
4. What was the name of the dog that found the missing football world cup in 1966?
5. Which literature prize for fiction was first awarded in 1969?
6. Which South African massacre took place on 21st march 1960?
7. In which city was Rudolph Nureyev dancing at the time of his defection to the west in 1961?
8. What took place on 8th august 1963 at Cheddington, Buckinghamshire?
9. Which coin was introduced in Britain in October 1969?
10. Who did john Kennedy defeat in the 1960 us presidential election
11. Which Cheshire industrial town on the Manchester ship canal was designated a new town in 1964?
12. Which Argentinean revolutionary was killed in Bolivia in 1967?
13. Who was the labour chancellor of the exchequer between 64 - 67?
14. In 1964, which was the 1st pirate radio station to start broadcasting in Britain?
15. What year was prince Andrew born?
16. Who was the black Muslim leader murdered in February 1965?
17. Which controversial bill, sponsored by MP David Steele became leader in 1968?
18. Which British secretary of state for war resigned in 1963?
19. Which gamblers institution was legalised in may 1961?
20. ?I can?t let Maggie go? was a song used to advertise which consumer item?
ANSWERS
1. U Thant
2. 1967
3. Joe Orton
4. Pickles
5. The Booker Prize
6. Sharpsville
7. Paris
8. Great Train Robbery
9. 50p
10. Richard Nixon
11. Runcorn
12. Che Guevara
13. Jim Callaghan
14. Radio Caroline
15. 1960
16. Malcolm X
17. Abortion
18. Profumo
19. Betting Shops
20. Nimble Bread
I?ll give you the date and some info you tell who was assassinated on that day
1) Nov 4th 1995 the assassin was Yigal Amir?
2) May 21st 1991, in Madras, Tamil terrorists murdered whom?
3) Aug 21st 1983 at manila Airport
4) Oct 6th 1981, in cairo by Muslim Fundamentalists
5) Mar 30th 1979, blown up by the INLA
6) May 9th 1978, Assassins were the Red brigade
7) June 5th 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles
8) Jan 30th 1948 by Nathuran Godse
9) Aug 20th 1940 an ice pick in Mexico city
10) May 11th 1812, Assassin was John bellingham
ANSWERS
1) Yitzak Rabin
2) Rajiv Gandhi
3) Benigno Aquino
4) Anwar Sadat
5) Airey Neave
6) Aldo moro
7) Robert Kennedy
8) Mahatma Gandhi
9) Leon Trotsky
10) Spencer Percivel
1. Who was assassinated in Dallas on 22 November 1963?
2. Which playwright was murdered in a Deptford tavern in 1593?
3. Which country?s Prime Minister was Olaf Palme, who was assassinated in 1986?
4. In what district of East London did Jack the Ripper prey on women?
5. Who had 7 members of a rival gang killed on St valentines day 1929?
6. Who wrote ?The murder of Roger Akroyd??
7. What relation was Marvin Gays assassin?
8. Which Shakespearean character is haunted by the ghost of his murdered father?
9. Who was the last woman to be executed in England?
10. Which country?s royal family was killed at Ekaterinburg?
11. Henri Landrau killed a series of women in France in the early 20th century, what was his nickname?
12. Ethel Le Neve was which murderer?s secretary?
13. Who or what did Lindy Chamberlain claimed had kidnapped her child?
14. Christopher Craig shot a British Policeman in 1952, but who hung for the murder?
15. Which Nazi war criminal was tried and convicted for war crimes in 1961?
16. In cold blood was an account of the murder of the Clutter family in Kansas, who was the writer?
17. The film Summer of Sam released earlier this year is based on the story of which serial killer?
18. Which heiress did the Black Panther Donald Nielson murder?
19. Sharon Tate was murdered by members of the Charles Manson family, who was she married to at the time?
Answers
1. John F Kennedy
2. Christopher Marlowe
3. Sweden
4. Whitechappel
5. Al Capone
6. Agatha Christie
7. His father
8. Hamlet
9. Ruth Ellis
10. Russia
11. Bluebeard
12. Dr Crippen
13. Dingo
14. Derek Bentley
15. Adolph Eichman
16. Truman Capote
17. David Berkowitz
18. Leslie Whittle
19. Roman Polanski
1. Who was Leonid Brezhnev?s successor in 1984?
2. Who was British Defence Secretary at the time of the Falklands war?
3. What year did the Big Bang Liberalisation of the London Stock Exchange take place?
4. What succeeded the British CSE and GCE in 1988?
5. Which London market relocated to the Isle of Dogs in 1982?
6. Which Russian word meaning ?Speaking Aloud? was a policy of Mikhail Gorbachev in order liberalise various aspects of Soviet life?
7. What year was Satellite television introduced into Britain?
8. Which 2 countries joined the EC in 1986?
9. In which year did Burma change its name to Myanmar?
10. Which year is associated with the Eurythmics song ?Sexcrime??
ANSWERS
1. Yuri Andropov
2. John Nott
3. 1986
4. GCSE
5. Billinsgate Fish Market
6. Glasnost
7. 1989
8. Portugal And Spain
9. 1989
10. 1984
1. In what year was the Easter Rising?
2. The English Pale surrounded which city?
3. In which century was the Battle of the Boyne?
4. The Irish Brigade fought in which 20th century civil war?
5. which member of the Irish Government lives in Phoenix Park ?
6. Brian Boru was the first man to hold what title?
7. Which famous Irish siege started on the 18 December 1688 with shutting of the gates and ended with breaking of the boon on the 28 July 1689?
8. Which Oliver Cromwell came to Ireland when? Was it 1625, 1650 or 1675
9. Phytophthora infetans, is the scientific name for what major cause of crisis in Ireland between 1800and 1900?
10. Which Irish President claimed to be a Cuban-American who played rugby for the Munster Provincial Team?
ANSWERS
1. April 1916
2. Dublin
3. 17th 1st July 1690
4. The Spanish Civil War
5. ?ras an Uachtar?in is the residence of the President of Ireland and is situated in Phoenix Park.
6. High King of Ireland
7. The Siege of Derry
8. Oliver Cromwell re-conquered Ireland in 1649-1653 on behalf of the English Commonwealth.
9. Potato Blight was the cause of 'An Gorta Mor','the Grate Hunger' or the Famine
10. ?amon de Valera, born George de Valero (14 October 1882 ? 29 August 1975)De Valera was born in the New York Nursery and Child's Hospital in New York City in 1882 to an Irish mother; he stated that his parents, Catherine Coll de Valera Wheelwright, an immigrant from Bruree, County Limerick, and Juan Vivion de Valera, a Spanish-Cuban settler and sculptor, were married on 18 September 1881 at St. Patrick's Church located within the Greenville Section of Jersey City.
1. Who conquered Greece in 336 BC at the head of a vast Macedonian Army?
2. Who was the father of Cleopatra?s son, Ptolomy XV?
3. Who did Rome fight in the Punic Wars?
4. Which roman emperor gave a consulship to his horse?
5. Which great Carthegian general crossed the Alps in 218?
6. Which country did Xerxes rule?
7. Which temple stands on the Acropolis in Athens?
8. Who was the first Christian Emperor of Rome and founder of Constantinople?
9. Which rival did Julius Caesar cross the Rubicon to fight?
10. Which religion was founded by Prince Guatama Siddhartha in the 6th century BC?
ANSWERS
1. Alexander The Great (thanks to Andy Harron for correcting a previous error in this question)
2. Julius Caesar
3. Carthage
4. Caligula
5. Hannibal
6. Persia
7. Parthenon
8. Constantine The Great
9. Pompey
10. Buddhism
1. With his experiments using 'Magdeburg Hemispheres' in the 1650's, Otto von Guericke proved who doesn't abhor what?
2. What was the name of Picasso's famous painting which was an outcry against fachist aggression in Spain?
3. Which sad superlative does one associate with the death of Pte. Henry Gunther at 10.59 am?
4. The Celts believed that the major rivers in Europe were the result of what?
5. The death of which famous man does one associate with each of the following dates?
a. 21st October 1805
b. 28th June 1914
c. 30th January 1948
d. 16th Aug 1977
e. 14th April 1865
f. 21st January 1793
g. 6th June 1968
h. 5th March 1953
6. During the second world war in Germany it was against the law to give a horse which name?
7. Pope Gregory XIII celebrated the murder of an estimated 20,000 people with a 'Te deum' in Rome after the infamous St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572. Which group of people were massacred?
8. Coins from which country were legal tender in the USA until 1857 and Upper Canada until 1860?
9. Why did Louis Washkansky make headlines around the world after the 3rd of December 1967?
10. What kind of abode did the German pedagogue Friedrich Froebel first establish in 1852 for cultivation and development?
ANSWERS
1. Nature doesn't abhor a vacuum. First man to artificially create a vacuum, thus disproving the adage, "Nature abhors a vacuum" from Galileo.
2. Guernica
3. Last allied soldier to die before the 11 am Armistace in WWI.
4. The gods urinating
5. Eight Answers:
a. Lord Nelson
b. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. Elvis
e. Abraham Lincoln
f. King Louis XVI
g. Sen Robert Kennedy
h. Stalin
6. Adolf
7. Huguenots. (French Calvinist protestants)
8. Spain.
9. First man to successfully undergo a heart transplantion.
10. A kindergarten (or kindergarden in English)
1. Who was the Iron Chancellor who united Germany?
2. Which Roman emperor sentenced St Peter to crucifixion?
3. Name the German mayor of West Berlin who became internationally known during the Berlin Wall crisis?
4. Who deposed Milton Obote and expelled the Asian community from his country?
5. Norman Manley was Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1959 to 1962, his son became PM in 1972, name him?
6. As dictator of Haiti he was known as Papa Doc, what was his name?
7. Who was Secretary General of the UN from 1962 to 1971?
8. Who was the leader of the Nationalist Congress party of India who was imprisoned by the British nine times?
9. How did Heinrich Himmler meet his death?
10. What was British prime Minister Gladstone?s middle name?
ANSWERS
1. Bismarck
2. Nero
3. Willy Brandt
4. Idi Amin
5. Michael Manley
6. Francois Duvalier
7. U Thant
8. Jawaharla Nehru
9. Suicide
10. Ewart
1. Who was hit on the head by a falling apple and so discovered Gravity?
2. Who proposed his theory of Relativity?
3. Whose theory placed the sun at the centre of the solar system?
4. Who first developed the theory of Evolution by natural selection?
5. Who turned a telescope on the stars, saw sunspots, and spent his final years under house arrest?
6. Robert Oppenheimer is best remembered for his work on what?
7. Which metaphysician developed the theory of calculus at the same time as did Newton?
8. Who developed the modern system of classifying plants and animals?
9. Who discovered X-rays?
10. Who proposed the periodic table of chemical elements?
ANSWERS
1. Issac Newton
2. Albert Einstein
3. Copernicus
4. Charles Darwin
5. Galileo
6. The Atomic Bomb
7. Leibniz
8. Linnaeus
9. Roentgen
10. Mendelev
1. For what event in history is baker Thomas Farynor known?
2. What nationality was Christopher Columbus?
3. Who is credited with introducing the Red Rose to represent The Labour Party?
4. Who in 1961 made the first space flight?
5. Who was the American President when the Berlin Wall was constructed?
6. What was the Roman name for Scotland?
7. What was the first country to issue postage stamps?
8. What famous building did John Nash rebuild in 1825?
9. Who was the first American President to resign from office?
10. Which country has the world's oldest flag?
11. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
12. How many Tolpuddle Martyrs were there?
13. Which English king was killed at the Battle Of Bosworth Field?
14. In which decade did the Berlin airlift begin?
15. What was the hot news of 1666?
16. Stanley Baldwin was the only prime minister during the reign of which king?
17. Who was Henry VIII?s second wife?
18. Winston Churchill won the Nobel Peace Prize. True or false?
19. During which decade did all women first get the vote in the UK ?
20. Who took the throne after Queen Victoria?
ANSWERS
1. The Great Fire Of London
2. Italian
3. Peter Mandelsson
4. Yuri Gagarin
5. John F Kennedy
6. Caledonia
7. Great Britain
8. Buckingham Palace
9. Richard Nixon
10. Denmark
11. Michelangelo
12. Six
13. Richard III
14. 1940s (1948)
15. Great Fire Of London
16. Edward VIII
17. Anne Boleyn
18. False, he won the Nobel Literature Prize.
19. 1920s (1928)
20. Edward VII
1. In December 1773 in America, the cargoes of three ships were thrown overboard by protestors disguised as red Indians. What is the popular name for this event?
2. Who was responsible for reducing the Crimean war death rate from 42% to 2%?
3. What material was banned after the 1745 Jacobite rebellion until 1782?
4. After the invasion of Poland, which was the next country to be invaded by the Germans in World War II?
5. Who crowned napoleon Bonaparte emperor in 1804?
6. Which battle of 1066 shares its name with a premier league football ground?
7. What country declared war on both Germany and the allies in world war II ?
8. Which country played host to the battle Of Waterloo?
9. The development of what in World War II was Code-named ?the Manhattan project??
10. At which location was the Magna Carta signed?
11. Which French revolutionary was nicknamed "The Sea Green Incorruptible"?
12. Which battle of 1746 ended the Jacobite revolution?
13. Which earl was known as "The Kingmaker" during the War of the Roses?
14. Which country presented the Statue of Liberty to the U.S.A?
15. Who was the British Prime Minister at the start of the 20th century?
16. Which Cardinal gave Hampton Court Palace to Henry VIII?
17. Who did Henry Stanley meet at Ujiji on 10th November 1871?
18. Warren Hastings was the first governor-general of which country?
19. Which King had been Prince of Wales for 60 years before his Coronation?
20. Which is the oldest university in England?
ANSWERS
1. The Boston Tea Party
2. Florence Nightingale
3. Tartan
4. Denmark
5. He Crowned Himself
6. Stamford Bridge
7. Italy
8. Belgium
9. The Atom Bomb
10. Runnymede
11. Robespierre
12. Culloden
13. Earl of Warwick
14. France
15. Lord Salisbury
16. Cardinal Wolsey
17. Dr. Livingstone
18. India
19. Edward VII
20. Oxford University
1. Where did the notorious murderer Michael Ryan live?
2. Who had a horse called Beaucephalus?
3. Name the 2 countries that joined the EEC at the same time as Britain?
4. Who did Jimmy Carter succeed as President of the United States?
5. The Gossamer Albatross achieved which first in 1979?
6. Name the Irish swimmer who won 3 gold medals in the 1996 Olympics?
7. Which electrician won the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize?
8. In what year did the Korean war end?
9. Who was the president at the onset of the American Civil War?
10. Which ex-statesman, born in Umtata, in 1918, was imprisoned in Robben Island Prison, Cape Town from 1962 to 1990?
ANSWERS
1. Hungerford
2. Alexander The Great
3. Denmark & Eire (Now Republic Of Ireland)
4. Gerald Ford
5. 1st Human Powered Aircraft To Cross The English Channel
6. Michelle Smith
7. Lech Walesa
8. 1953
9. Abraham Lincoln
10. Nelson Mandela
1. With his experiments using 'Magdeburg Hemispheres' in the 1650's, Otto von Guericke proved who doesn't abhor what?
2. What was the name of Picasso's famous painting which was an outcry against fachist aggression in Spain?
3. Which sad superlative does one associate with the death of Pte. Henry Gunther at 10.59 am?
4. The Celts believed that the major rivers in Europe were the result of what?
5. The death of which famous man does one associate with each of the following dates?
a. 21st October 1805
b. 28th June 1914
c. 30th January 1948
d. 16th Aug 1977
e. 14th April 1865
f. 21st January 1793
g. 6th June 1968
h. 5th March 1953
6. During the second world war in Germany it was against the law to give a horse which name?
7. Pope Gregory XIII celebrated the murder of an estimated 20,000 people with a 'Te deum' in Rome after the infamous St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572. Which group of people were massacred?
8. Coins from which country were legal tender in the USA until 1857 and Upper Canada until 1860?
9. Why did Louis Washkansky make headlines around the world after the 3rd of December 1967?
10. What kind of abode did the German pedagogue Friedrich Froebel first establish in 1852 for cultivation and development?
ANSWERS
1. Nature doesn't abhor a vacuum. First man to artificially create a vacuum, thus disproving the adage, "Nature abhors a vacuum" from Galileo.
2. Guernica
3. Last allied soldier to die before the 11 am Armistace in WWI.
4. The gods urinating
5. Eight Answers:
a. Lord Nelson
b. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. Elvis
e. Abraham Lincoln
f. King Louis XVI
g. Sen Robert Kennedy
h. Stalin
6. Adolf
7. Huguenots. (French Calvinist protestants)
8. Spain.
9. First man to successfully undergo a heart transplantion.
10. A kindergarten (or kindergarden in English)
1. In what year was the Easter Rising?
2. The English Pale surrounded which city?
3. In which century was the Battle of the Boyne?
4. The Irish Brigade fought in which 20th century civil war?
5. which member of the Irish Government lives in Phoenix Park ?
6. Brian Boru was the first man to hold what title?
7. Which famous Irish siege started on the 18 December 1688 with shutting of the gates and ended with breaking of the boon on the 28 July 1689?
8. Which Oliver Cromwell came to Ireland when? Was it 1625, 1650 or 1675
9. Phytophthora infetans, is the scientific name for what major cause of crisis in Ireland between 1800and 1900?
10. Which Irish President claimed to be a Cuban-American who played rugby for the Munster Provincial Team?
ANSWERS
1. April 1916
2. Dublin
3. 17th 1st July 1690
4. The Spanish Civil War
5. ?ras an Uachtar?in is the residence of the President of Ireland and is situated in Phoenix Park.
6. High King of Ireland
7. The Siege of Derry
8. Oliver Cromwell re-conquered Ireland in 1649-1653 on behalf of the English Commonwealth.
9. Potato Blight was the cause of 'An Gorta Mor','the Grate Hunger' or the Famine
10. ?amon de Valera, born George de Valero (14 October 1882 ? 29 August 1975)De Valera was born in the New York Nursery and Child's Hospital in New York City in 1882 to an Irish mother; he stated that his parents, Catherine Coll de Valera Wheelwright, an immigrant from Bruree, County Limerick, and Juan Vivion de Valera, a Spanish-Cuban settler and sculptor, were married on 18 September 1881 at St. Patrick's Church located within the Greenville Section of Jersey City.
1. Francois Mitterand abolished which form of capital punishment?
2. Who succeeded Brezhnev as Soviet premier?
3. What colour wedding gown, veil and train did Paula Yates wear for her wedding to Bob Geldof?
4. In which year did the ?1 note cease to be legal tender in England?
5. In which country was the first permanent bungee jumping site situated?
6. Which British football club became the first to install an artificial pitch?
7. What was the name of the German teenager who landed is plane in Red Square in 1987?
8. Which kind of automobile first rolled off the line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland in 1981?
9. Which country won the first Rugby Union World Cup?
10. What was the name of the intruder found in the Queens bedroom in 1982?
Answers
1. Guillotine
2. Andropov
3. Red / Scarlet
4. 1988
5. New Zealand
6. Queens Park Rangers
7. Mathias Rust
8. DeLorean DMC-12
9. New Zealand
10. Michael Fagin
1. Emily Davison was hit by a horse and died, what cause was she trying to promote?
2. Who were the British Empire's original allies in WW1?
3. Where was Hitler when he wrote Mein Kampf?
4. What was the name of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki?
5. The Eastern region of Nigeria declared Independence in 1968 but was united again in 1970, what was it known as?
6. Under which name do we more commonly know Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov?
7. What popular name was given to the European recovery programme after WWII?
8. Which English speaking country gave women the vote in 1901?
9. The final section of the trans Siberian railway was completed in which year?
10. Britain?s war minister appeared on the famous posters for recruitment for WWI, who was he?
ANSWERS
1. Suffragettes
2. Russia & France
3. In Jail
4. Fat man
5. Biafra
6. Lenin
7. Marshall Plan
8. Australia
9. 1917
10. Lord Kitchener