Try your luck at answering these HISTORY questions

[THE FUGITIVE]

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

[THE FUGITIVE]

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?



ANSWERS[/glow

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

[THE FUGITIVE]

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

[THE FUGITIVE]

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

[THE FUGITIVE]

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

[THE FUGITIVE]

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

[THE FUGITIVE]

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

[THE FUGITIVE]

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

[THE FUGITIVE]

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 FUGITIVE]

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
Question Number
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
Question Number
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
Question Number
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

[THE FUGITIVE]

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UK in 1950s
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Question Number
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
Question Number
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
Question Number
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
Question Number
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

[THE FUGITIVE]

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 

[THE FUGITIVE]

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
Question Number
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

[THE FUGITIVE]

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

[THE FUGITIVE]

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