HISTORY QUIZ NO. 15
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:48 pm1 In which year did Harry S. Truman become US president
1945
2 In Roman myth, Neptune is equivalent to which Greek god
POSEIDON
3 Which king was defeated at Battle of Bosworth, 22nd-Aug-1485 (the last battle of the Wars of the Roses)
RICHARD III
4 What do we call the slab of basalt with inscriptions from 196BC found near the town of the same name in Egypt in 1799
ROSETTA STONE
5 What is a plant and a Greek mythology character who rejected the love of the nymph 'Echo'
NARCISSUS
6 In Arthurian legend, Caliburn is another name for what
EXCALIBUR
7 In which war was the 'Battle of Bunker Hill'
AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
8 CREEP is an acronym for which campaign in 1972
CAMPAIGN TO RE-ELECT PRESIDENT NIXON
9 Falangists - formerly Spanish members of which (political) group
FACISTS
10 DORA, an acronym for which act passed in 1914 to confer extraordinary powers on government for the duration of WW1
DEFENCE OF THE REALM ACT
11 What, formed in May 1940, was originally known as 'Local Defence Volunteers'
THE HOME GUARD
12 In which city was Florence Nightingale born (in 1820)
FLORENCE ITALY
13 The 2nd and 6th US presidents were father & son, who were they
JOHN AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
14 What was Britain's prize gain from the Treaty of Nanking, 1842
HONG KONG
15 Napoleon Bonaparte was born on which island, 1769
CORSICA
16 The ANZUS pact of 1951 was a defence treaty between which countries
AUSTRALIA - NEW ZEALAND - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
17 What did we call the houses built in whole sections in factories, and put up to help solve housing shortage after WW2
PRE FABS
18 Which Count was a German airship pioneer pre- and during WW1
ZEPPELIN
19 The Bow Street Runners, set up in the early 1750's were the first attempt to create what, in London
POLICE FORCE
20 Which 2 countries left EFTA in 1973
BRITIAN AND DENMARK
1945
2 In Roman myth, Neptune is equivalent to which Greek god
POSEIDON
3 Which king was defeated at Battle of Bosworth, 22nd-Aug-1485 (the last battle of the Wars of the Roses)
RICHARD III
4 What do we call the slab of basalt with inscriptions from 196BC found near the town of the same name in Egypt in 1799
ROSETTA STONE
5 What is a plant and a Greek mythology character who rejected the love of the nymph 'Echo'
NARCISSUS
6 In Arthurian legend, Caliburn is another name for what
EXCALIBUR
7 In which war was the 'Battle of Bunker Hill'
AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
8 CREEP is an acronym for which campaign in 1972
CAMPAIGN TO RE-ELECT PRESIDENT NIXON
9 Falangists - formerly Spanish members of which (political) group
FACISTS
10 DORA, an acronym for which act passed in 1914 to confer extraordinary powers on government for the duration of WW1
DEFENCE OF THE REALM ACT
11 What, formed in May 1940, was originally known as 'Local Defence Volunteers'
THE HOME GUARD
12 In which city was Florence Nightingale born (in 1820)
FLORENCE ITALY
13 The 2nd and 6th US presidents were father & son, who were they
JOHN AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
14 What was Britain's prize gain from the Treaty of Nanking, 1842
HONG KONG
15 Napoleon Bonaparte was born on which island, 1769
CORSICA
16 The ANZUS pact of 1951 was a defence treaty between which countries
AUSTRALIA - NEW ZEALAND - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
17 What did we call the houses built in whole sections in factories, and put up to help solve housing shortage after WW2
PRE FABS
18 Which Count was a German airship pioneer pre- and during WW1
ZEPPELIN
19 The Bow Street Runners, set up in the early 1750's were the first attempt to create what, in London
POLICE FORCE
20 Which 2 countries left EFTA in 1973
BRITIAN AND DENMARK
