HISTORY QUIZ NO.52

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Which famous Roman town was burned by the explosion of Vesuvius in 79AD?
POMPEII
2 What is the name of Queen Victoria's seaside home on the Isle of Wight?
OSBORNE HOUSE
3 Which English king was killed at the Battle of Hastings?
HAROLD
4 Whose tomb did archaeologist Howard Carter uncover in Egypt in 1922?
TUTANKHAMEN
5 To get out of military service, what did a vassal pay to his lord?
SCUTAGE
6 Which European country ruled India before 1947?
ENGLAND
7 Who was called a turbulent priest by Henry II?
THOMAS A BECKETT
8 How many years did Queen Victoria's reign last?
64
9 What was the name for the fancy pleated collar worn by men and women in Tudor times?
RUFF
10 What was the last town in France held by the English at the end of the Hundred Years' War?
CALAIS
11 Who was the last Czar of Russia?
NICHOLAS II
12 Which Indian tribe was the first to have a written history?
CHEROKEE
13 What nationality was Christopher Columbus?
ITALIAN
14 Who was the last queen of ancient Egypt?
CLEOPATRA
15 Which great English poet wrote pamphlets in the 17th century?
JOHN MILTON
16. Which American film actress starred with her husband Orson Welles in 'The Lady From Shanghai'?
RITA HAYWORTH
17. Which Italian painter, famous for his views of Venice, was born in 1865?
CANALETTO
18. Name the author of 'Gulliver's Travels', who died in 1745.
JONATHON SWIFT
19. Which famous Australian soprano was born Helen Porter Mitchell?
DAME NELLIE MELBA
20. Georges Bizet was born in 1838. In his famous opera, where does the gipsy Carmen work?
CIGARETTE FACTORY

[godoubleblues]

Q1 - pompei
Q4 - tutenkhamen
Q19 - dame nellie melba

[Mr Beefy]

6 Britain
13 Spanish

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 - pompei
Q4 - tutenkhamen
Q19 - dame nellie melba

GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

6 Britain
13 Spanish

[Kahuna]

3/ Harold
7/ The Pope?
9/ Ruff
11/ Nicholas
18/ Jonathon Swift

[magpie in the 80's]

3/ Harold
7/ The Pope?
9/ Ruff
11/ Nicholas ....close enough...NICHOLAS II
18/ Jonathon Swift

others correct k

[Mr Beefy]

14 Cleopatra
13 Portuguese

[skywalker]

13: Italian (But sailed for the Spanish )

[magpie in the 80's]

14 Cleopatra
13 Portuguese

[magpie in the 80's]

13: Italian (But sailed for the Spanish )

SW

[magpie in the 80's]

last days for this quiz

[HappyWanderer]

2 - osborne house
7 - thomas becket
8 - 63 yrs 7mnths
10 - calais
12 - puedo
15 - milton
16 - rita hayworth
17 - arthur strauchan

[magpie in the 80's]

2 - osborne house
7 - thomas becket
8 - 63 yrs 7mnths
10 - calais
12 - puedo
15 - milton
16 - rita hayworth
17 - arthur strauchan

others correct HW

[Kahuna]

8 - 63 yrs 7mnths

Google tells me +2 days

[magpie in the 80's]

8 - 63 yrs 7mnths

Google tells me +2 days

so in years it would be 64

[Kahuna]

8 - 63 yrs 7mnths

Google tells me +2 days

so in years it would be 64

It would,but thats not my point.

[magpie in the 80's]

Google tells me +2 days

so in years it would be 64

It would,but thats not my point.

and your point has been sorted out as well

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Which famous Roman town was burned by the explosion of Vesuvius in 79AD?
POMPEII
2 What is the name of Queen Victoria's seaside home on the Isle of Wight?
OSBORNE HOUSE
3 Which English king was killed at the Battle of Hastings?
HAROLD
4 Whose tomb did archaeologist Howard Carter uncover in Egypt in 1922?
TUTANKHAMEN
5 To get out of military service, what did a vassal pay to his lord?
SCUTAGE
6 Which European country ruled India before 1947?
ENGLAND
7 Who was called a turbulent priest by Henry II?
THOMAS A BECKETT
8 How many years did Queen Victoria's reign last?
64
9 What was the name for the fancy pleated collar worn by men and women in Tudor times?
RUFF
10 What was the last town in France held by the English at the end of the Hundred Years' War?
CALAIS
11 Who was the last Czar of Russia?
NICHOLAS II
12 Which Indian tribe was the first to have a written history?
CHEROKEE
13 What nationality was Christopher Columbus?
ITALIAN
14 Who was the last queen of ancient Egypt?
CLEOPATRA
15 Which great English poet wrote pamphlets in the 17th century?
JOHN MILTON
16. Which American film actress starred with her husband Orson Welles in 'The Lady From Shanghai'?
RITA HAYWORTH
17. Which Italian painter, famous for his views of Venice, was born in 1865?
CANALETTO
18. Name the author of 'Gulliver's Travels', who died in 1745.
JONATHON SWIFT
19. Which famous Australian soprano was born Helen Porter Mitchell?
DAME NELLIE MELBA
20. Georges Bizet was born in 1838. In his famous opera, where does the gipsy Carmen work?
CIGARETTE FACTORY

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

END OF QUIZ