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Welcome to History Quiz #6…

1. In which Country would you find the Chichen Itza?


2. What year did the Cernobyl disaster happen?


3. Who was the second President of the United States?


4. In which European country was there a civil war between 1946 and 1949?


5. Which Ship is notorious for experiencing the bloodiest mutiny in British Naval History?


6. The majority of immigrants to the US between 1820 and 1900 came from Germany and which other country?


7. In what year was the Magna Carta signed?


8. Which Norwegian was the first to reach the South Pole in 1911?


9. RMS Titanic sank in April 1912, which ship was the first to come to her aid?


10. Who discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 ?

 


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Here are the answers to History Quiz #5…

1. Who discovered the Islands of Hawaii in 1778?


2. The Allied landings at Normandy in 1944 were known as Operation what?


3. Known to have existed in 1096, which University is the oldest in the World?


4. The shortest War in history lasted for between 38 and 45 minutes in 1896, it was fought between the United Kingdom and which Southern African country?


5. In which decade of the 20th Century did the volcano Mount Versuvious erupt devasting Naples?


6. Which British pre-decimal coin was worth to 2 Shillings?


7. Goose Green was the first battle in which war?


8. In what year was the Berlin Wall built?


9. Before 2012, what year did Britain last host the Summer Olympics?


10.  Who was the first Monarch to live at Buckingham Palace?

 


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Welcome to History Quiz #4…

1. Professor Alender Flemming discovered what in 1928?


2. ‘Utah’, ‘Omaha’, ‘Gold’, ‘Juno’ and ‘Sword’ were code names used for what?


3. Which of Henry VIII wives survived?


4. What was the London Monument built to commemorate?


5. The Great Famine or ‘Irish Potato Famine’ took place in which decade of the 19th Century?


6. Who led the Dambusters raid?


7. Which City was the first capital city of the United States?


8. In what year did the last acts of capital punishment take place in the UK?


9. In Norse mythology who was the ‘God of Mischief’?


10. Which British monarch had the shortest reign on the throne, with just 9 days from 6th-15th July 1553?

 

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Welcome to History Quiz #3…

1. Which Space Shuttle disintegrated shortly after launch in 1986?


2. What sank in 1545, was raised in 1982 and now resides in Portsmouth’s Historical Dockyard?


3. In which US city was Martin Luther King assasinated in 1968?


4. Born on the 25th July 1978, what is Louise Joy Brown’s claim to fame?


5. The Treaty of Paris in 1856 ended which war?


6. During Prohibition in the US, what was the name given to the illegal drinking clubs?


7. Launched in 1973, what was the name of the USA’s first Space Station?


8. What was the only major Naval battle of WWI?


9. Who was the first Hollywood Actress to appear on a US postage stamp?


10. In 1066 William the Conqueror defeated which King at the Battle of Hastings?


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Welcome to History Quiz #2…

1. In 1857 Mary Queen of Scots was executed on the Royal orders of her cousin, who was her cousin?


2. Hiroshima received the first atom bomb on 6th August 1945, which City received the second one just three days later?


3. In which decade was the abolition of the death penalty made permanent in Great Britain?


4. In which war did the ‘Battle of Bunker Hill’ take place?


5. Who became Russia’s first democratically elected president in 1991?


6. What was the final battle that Napoleon fought in?


7. What ‘Age’ came after the Stone Age?


8. Which current member of the Royal family qualified as a Motor Mechanic during WWII?


9. What did Spain send to attack Britain in 1588?


10. Who was known as “The Lady with the Lamp” during the Crimean War?


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Welcome to History Quiz #1…

1. Which British university city would have been the new capital if Adolf Hitler’s invasion plans had been successful?


2. Which US President described the Soviet Union as ‘The Evil Empire’?


3. The United States has formally declared war on five different occasions against ten different countries. Can you name who was the first country they declared war on in 1812?


4. In what year was the Berlin Wall built?


5. What was the name given to the war that was fought in Europe between 1618 and 1648?


6. What name was given to the members of the League of Women who campaigned for the rights of women to vote?


7. In what year was the Battle of Britain?


8. Who was the first woman to be elected as Speaker of the House of Commons?


9. Which British pre-decimal coin was worth 2 Shillings?


10. What is the name given to the survey of England carried out on the instructions of William the Conqueror?


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