HISTORY QUIZ NO. 17
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:27 pmQ1 : 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
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
