HISTORY QUIZ NO. 7
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:34 pm1 Which Archbishop of Canterbury was assassinated in 1170?
THOMAS BECKETT
2 Which rugby union club took their name from the historical enemies from the Crusaders?
SARACENS
3 Who crowned Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor?
HE CROWNED HIMSELF
4 Which monarch ruled France for 72 years?
LOUIS XIV
5 Who was the first Norman monarch of England?
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
6 Who is the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated?
SPENCER PERCEVAL
7 In which war did Joan of Arc battle against English troops?
THE 100 YEARS WAR
8 Who was known as The Nine Day Queen?
LADY JANE GREY
9 Which month of the year is named after the first Roman Emperor?
AUGUST
10 What name was given to Mikhail Gorbachev’s policy of “openness”?
GLASNOT
11 In which country was the Khmer Rouge overthrown in 1979?
CAMBODIA
12 Which planet was discovered by William Herschel in 1781?
URANUS
13 In which country was the French Foreign Legion founded?
ALGERIA
14 Which novel by Charles Dickens is set against the French Revolution?
A TALE OF 2 CITIES
15 What year marked the end of the Vietnam War?
1975
16 In which country were the cities of Buda and Pest united in 1873?
HUNGARY
17 On which hill was the Battle of Hastings fought?
SENLAC HILL
18 Which war witnessed the Charge of the Light Brigade?
CRIMEAN WAR
19 Who was the Vice President of Ronald Reagan?
GEORGE BUSH
20 Who was killed in 1967 and was later played on stage by David Essex and on film by Antonio Banderas?
CHE GUEVARA
21 By what name was the pirate, born Edward Teach, better known?
BLACKBEARD
22 Who knighted Sir Francis Drake aboard his flagship The Golden Hind?
ELIZABETH THE 1ST
23 Which US city witnessed the foundation of the Quaker religion?
PHILADELPHIA
24 In what year did Queen Victoria die?
1901
25 Which monarch led the victorious troops at the Battle of Agincourt?
HENRY THE V
26 Who died of smallpox in 1617 and became the subject of a Disney film in 1995?
POCAHONTAS
27 Which Suffragette died after throwing herself under the King’s horse in the 1913 Derby?
EMILY DAVISON
28 Who did Winston Churchill replace as Prime Minister in 1940?
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
29 Who founded a Communist state in Cuba in 1959?
FIDEL CASTRO
30 Which wife of Henry VIII was the mother of Mary Tudor?
CATHERINE OF ARAGON
THOMAS BECKETT
2 Which rugby union club took their name from the historical enemies from the Crusaders?
SARACENS
3 Who crowned Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor?
HE CROWNED HIMSELF
4 Which monarch ruled France for 72 years?
LOUIS XIV
5 Who was the first Norman monarch of England?
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
6 Who is the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated?
SPENCER PERCEVAL
7 In which war did Joan of Arc battle against English troops?
THE 100 YEARS WAR
8 Who was known as The Nine Day Queen?
LADY JANE GREY
9 Which month of the year is named after the first Roman Emperor?
AUGUST
10 What name was given to Mikhail Gorbachev’s policy of “openness”?
GLASNOT
11 In which country was the Khmer Rouge overthrown in 1979?
CAMBODIA
12 Which planet was discovered by William Herschel in 1781?
URANUS
13 In which country was the French Foreign Legion founded?
ALGERIA
14 Which novel by Charles Dickens is set against the French Revolution?
A TALE OF 2 CITIES
15 What year marked the end of the Vietnam War?
1975
16 In which country were the cities of Buda and Pest united in 1873?
HUNGARY
17 On which hill was the Battle of Hastings fought?
SENLAC HILL
18 Which war witnessed the Charge of the Light Brigade?
CRIMEAN WAR
19 Who was the Vice President of Ronald Reagan?
GEORGE BUSH
20 Who was killed in 1967 and was later played on stage by David Essex and on film by Antonio Banderas?
CHE GUEVARA
21 By what name was the pirate, born Edward Teach, better known?
BLACKBEARD
22 Who knighted Sir Francis Drake aboard his flagship The Golden Hind?
ELIZABETH THE 1ST
23 Which US city witnessed the foundation of the Quaker religion?
PHILADELPHIA
24 In what year did Queen Victoria die?
1901
25 Which monarch led the victorious troops at the Battle of Agincourt?
HENRY THE V
26 Who died of smallpox in 1617 and became the subject of a Disney film in 1995?
POCAHONTAS
27 Which Suffragette died after throwing herself under the King’s horse in the 1913 Derby?
EMILY DAVISON
28 Who did Winston Churchill replace as Prime Minister in 1940?
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
29 Who founded a Communist state in Cuba in 1959?
FIDEL CASTRO
30 Which wife of Henry VIII was the mother of Mary Tudor?
CATHERINE OF ARAGON
