HISTORY QUIZ NO. 17

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 : WHICH FRENCH MONARCH WAS KNOWN AS THE SUN KING?
LOUIS XIV
Q2 : WHO WAS THE LAST ENGLISH KING TO DIE IN BATTLE?
RICHARD III
Q3 : WHICH BATTLE DID CHURCHILL CALL ‘THE END OF THE BEGINNING’?
EL ALAMEIN
Q4 : WHO WAS THE FRENCH GENERAL DEFEATED AT QUEBEC BY WOLFE?
MOUNTCALM
Q5 : WHAT WAS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE'S OFFICIAL EMBLEM?
BUMBLEBEE
Q6 : WHOSE SHIP WAS THE FIRST TO SAIL ROUND THE WORLD?
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
Q7 : WHAT LINKS DUKE WELLINGTON, EARL DERBY, MARQUIS SALISBURY ?
UK PRIME MINISTERS
Q8 : IN WHICH SOVIET HOLIDAY RESORT IN THE CRIMEA DID THE ALLIED LEADERS ROOSEVELT, CHURCHILL, AND STALIN MEET IN 1945?
YALTA
Q9 : WHO BECAME BRITISH PRIME MINISTER IN 1945?
CLEMENT ATTLEE
Q10 : THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS WAS WRITTEN ON WHAT?
USED ENVELOPES
Q11 : WHICH CAPTAIN OF DARWIN'S SHIP HMS "BEAGLE" BECAME GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND?
ROBERT FITZROY
Q12 : WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE QUAKERS (BOTH NAMES)?
GEORGE FOX
Q13 : WHO WAS HELEN OF TROY'S HUSBAND?
MENELAUS
Q14 : JOSIP BROZ BECAME FAMOUS AS WHO?
MARSHAL TITO
Q15 : AROUND THE ALTER OF WHICH GOD WERE THE EARLY GREEK PLAYS DONE?
DIONYSUS
Q16 : POMPEII WAS BURIED BY VESUVIOUS IN AD 79 - WHAT OTHER CITY?
HERCULANEUM
Q17 : WHO COMMANDED THE UNION ARMY AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG?
GENERAL MEADE
Q18 : WHICH US EXPLORER FIRST DISCOVERED THE NORTH POLE IN 1909?
ROBERT EDWIN PERRY
Q19 : WHO WAS THE WIFE OF KING RICHARD I OF ENGLAND?
BERENGARIA
Q20 : WHICH TOWN WAS DESTROYED BY GERMAN BOMBERS IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR?
GUERNICA

[JAS]

Morning Mags

Q1 Louis XIV
Q3 Battle of Britain
Q6 Magellan
Q7 Were they all Prime Ministers
Q13 Menelaus
Q15 Dionysus?
Q16 Herculaneum (sp)

Regards
JAS

[Kahuna]

8/ Yalta
18/ Perry

[Ian]

Q2 Richard III

Q5 Bumblebee

Q11 Robert Fitzroy

[redandblack]

9 Attlee

12 George Fox

20 Guernica

[magpie in the 80's]

Morning Mags

Q1 Louis XIV
Q3 Battle of Britain.........INCORRECT
Q6 Magellan
Q7 Were they all Prime Ministers
Q13 Menelaus
Q15 Dionysus?
Q16 Herculaneum (sp)

Regards
JAS

OTHERS CORRCT JAS AND G'DAY

[magpie in the 80's]

8/ Yalta
18/ Perry

CORRECT K

[magpie in the 80's]

Q2 Richard III

Q5 Bumblebee

Q11 Robert Fitzroy

CORRECT IAN

[magpie in the 80's]

9 Attlee

12 George Fox

20 Guernica

CORRECT RAB

[Zathrus]

Q3 Dunkirk ?

[magpie in the 80's]

Q3 Dunkirk ?

INCORRECT Z

[Zathrus]

Q3 El Alamain ? (in Egypt, not sure of spelling)

[magpie in the 80's]

Q3 El Alamain ? (in Egypt, not sure of spelling)

CORRECT Z

[Ian]

4 Marquis de Montcalm

14 Tito

17 General George Mead

[magpie in the 80's]

4 Marquis de Montcalm

14 Tito

17 General George Mead

CORRECT IAN

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 : WHICH FRENCH MONARCH WAS KNOWN AS THE SUN KING?
LOUIS XIV
Q2 : WHO WAS THE LAST ENGLISH KING TO DIE IN BATTLE?
RICHARD III
Q3 : WHICH BATTLE DID CHURCHILL CALL ‘THE END OF THE BEGINNING’?
EL ALAMEIN
Q4 : WHO WAS THE FRENCH GENERAL DEFEATED AT QUEBEC BY WOLFE?
MOUNTCALM
Q5 : WHAT WAS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE'S OFFICIAL EMBLEM?
BUMBLEBEE
Q6 : WHOSE SHIP WAS THE FIRST TO SAIL ROUND THE WORLD?
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
Q7 : WHAT LINKS DUKE WELLINGTON, EARL DERBY, MARQUIS SALISBURY ?
UK PRIME MINISTERS
Q8 : IN WHICH SOVIET HOLIDAY RESORT IN THE CRIMEA DID THE ALLIED LEADERS ROOSEVELT, CHURCHILL, AND STALIN MEET IN 1945?
YALTA
Q9 : WHO BECAME BRITISH PRIME MINISTER IN 1945?
CLEMENT ATTLEE
Q10 : THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS WAS WRITTEN ON WHAT?
USED ENVELOPES
Q11 : WHICH CAPTAIN OF DARWIN'S SHIP HMS "BEAGLE" BECAME GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND?
ROBERT FITZROY
Q12 : WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE QUAKERS (BOTH NAMES)?
GEORGE FOX
Q13 : WHO WAS HELEN OF TROY'S HUSBAND?
MENELAUS
Q14 : JOSIP BROZ BECAME FAMOUS AS WHO?
MARSHAL TITO
Q15 : AROUND THE ALTER OF WHICH GOD WERE THE EARLY GREEK PLAYS DONE?
DIONYSUS
Q16 : POMPEII WAS BURIED BY VESUVIOUS IN AD 79 - WHAT OTHER CITY?
HERCULANEUM
Q17 : WHO COMMANDED THE UNION ARMY AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG?
GENERAL MEADE
Q18 : WHICH US EXPLORER FIRST DISCOVERED THE NORTH POLE IN 1909?
ROBERT EDWIN PERRY
Q19 : WHO WAS THE WIFE OF KING RICHARD I OF ENGLAND?
BERENGARIA
Q20 : WHICH TOWN WAS DESTROYED BY GERMAN BOMBERS IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR?
GUERNICA

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ