HISTORY QUIZ NO. 16

1. For what event in history is baker Thomas Farynor known?
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
2. What nationality was Christopher Columbus?
ITALIAN
3. Who is credited with introducing the Red Rose to represent The Labour Party?
PETER MANDELSSON
4. Who in 1961 made the first space flight?
YURI GAGARIN
5. Who was the American President when the Berlin Wall was constructed?
JOHN F KENNEDY
6. What was the Roman name for Scotland?
CALEDONIA
7. What was the first country to issue postage stamps?
GREAT BRITIAN
8. What famous building did John Nash rebuild in 1825?
BUCHINGHAM PALACE
9. Who was the first American President to resign from office?
RICHARD NIXON
10. Which country has the world's oldest flag?
DENMARK
11. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
MICHELANGELO
12. How many Tolpuddle Martyrs were there?
SIX
13. Which English king was killed at the Battle Of Bosworth Field?
RICHARD III
14. In which decade did the Berlin airlift begin?
1940's
15. What was the hot news of 1666?
GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
16. Stanley Baldwin was the only prime minister during the reign of which king?
EDWARD III
17. Who was Henry VIII’s second wife?
ANNE BOLEYN
18. Winston Churchill won the Nobel Peace Prize. True or false?
FALSE
19. During which decade did all women first get the vote in the UK ?
1920'S
20. Who took the throne after Queen Victoria?
EDWARD VII
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
2. What nationality was Christopher Columbus?
ITALIAN
3. Who is credited with introducing the Red Rose to represent The Labour Party?
PETER MANDELSSON
4. Who in 1961 made the first space flight?
YURI GAGARIN
5. Who was the American President when the Berlin Wall was constructed?
JOHN F KENNEDY
6. What was the Roman name for Scotland?
CALEDONIA
7. What was the first country to issue postage stamps?
GREAT BRITIAN
8. What famous building did John Nash rebuild in 1825?
BUCHINGHAM PALACE
9. Who was the first American President to resign from office?
RICHARD NIXON
10. Which country has the world's oldest flag?
DENMARK
11. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
MICHELANGELO
12. How many Tolpuddle Martyrs were there?
SIX
13. Which English king was killed at the Battle Of Bosworth Field?
RICHARD III
14. In which decade did the Berlin airlift begin?
1940's
15. What was the hot news of 1666?
GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
16. Stanley Baldwin was the only prime minister during the reign of which king?
EDWARD III
17. Who was Henry VIII’s second wife?
ANNE BOLEYN
18. Winston Churchill won the Nobel Peace Prize. True or false?
FALSE
19. During which decade did all women first get the vote in the UK ?
1920'S
20. Who took the throne after Queen Victoria?
EDWARD VII