T167 ON THIS DAY IN NOVEMBER QUIZ
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:04 pm USE THE DAY AS YOUR QUESTION
1st- Which European capital city was devastated by an earthquake in 1755?
LISBON
2nd- Haile Selassie was crowned Emperor of which African nation in 1930?
ETHIOPIA
3rd- Which country declared its independence from Russia in 1918?
POLAND
4th- Which Missouri born poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948?
TS ELIOT
5th- Which board game was released by Parker Brothers in 1935?
MONOPOLY
6th – Who left Pittodrie for Old Trafford in 1986?
SIR ALEX FERGUSON
7th – Which sports star announced he was HIV positive in 1991?
MAGIC JOHNSON
8th – Whose right ear was sent to a newspaper accompanied with a ransom note in 1973?
JOHN PAUL GETTY III
9th – Mary Jane Kelly became the last known victim of whom in 1888?
JACK THE RIPPER
10th – Who said, “Dr Livingstone I presume” in 1871?
HENRY MORTON STANLEY
11th – Whose death was formally announced by the PLO in 2004?
YASSER ARAFAT
12th – Who was expelled by the Communist Party in 1927?
LEON TROTSKY
13th – Which black entertainer was widely condemned in the USA after marrying white Swedish actress Mary Britt in 1960?
SAMMY DAVIS JUNIOR
14th – Who was the bride and groom at a wedding held at Westminster Abbey in 1973?
PRINCESS ANNE AND CAPTAIN MARK PHILLIPS
15th – Which film marked the screen debut of Elvis Presley in 1956?
LOVE ME TENDER
16th – Which airline was founded in Australia in 1920?
QANTAS
17th – Who announced to a newspaper “I am not a crook” in 1973?
RICHARD NIXON
18th – Which leader of the People’s Temple led a mass suicide in 1978?
REV. JIM JONES
19th – Who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1850?
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
20th – Who married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in 1947?
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
21st – What became the first full length feature film produced entirely by computer generated imagery in 1995?
TOY STORY
22nd – Who did Mike Tyson beat to become the youngest ever heavyweight world champion in 1986
TREVOR BERBICK
23rd – Which famed clipper vessel was launched in Dumbarton in 1869?
CUTTY SARK
24th – Which singer died of AIDS aged 45 in 1991?
FREDDIE MERCURY
25th – What became the first foreign team to defeat England at Wembley in 1953?
HUNGARY
26th – At which vault at Heathrow Airport were over 6000 gold bars stolen in 1983?
BRINKS MAT
27th – Which gangster born Lester Joseph Gillis was killed in shoot out in 1934?
BABY FACE NELSON
28th – East Timor declared its independence from which European country in 1975?
PORTUGAL
29th – Which commission was established to investigate the assassination of JFK in 1963?
WARREN COMMISSION
30th – Which London building was destroyed by fire in 1936?
CRYSTAL PALACE
1st- Which European capital city was devastated by an earthquake in 1755?
LISBON
2nd- Haile Selassie was crowned Emperor of which African nation in 1930?
ETHIOPIA
3rd- Which country declared its independence from Russia in 1918?
POLAND
4th- Which Missouri born poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948?
TS ELIOT
5th- Which board game was released by Parker Brothers in 1935?
MONOPOLY
6th – Who left Pittodrie for Old Trafford in 1986?
SIR ALEX FERGUSON
7th – Which sports star announced he was HIV positive in 1991?
MAGIC JOHNSON
8th – Whose right ear was sent to a newspaper accompanied with a ransom note in 1973?
JOHN PAUL GETTY III
9th – Mary Jane Kelly became the last known victim of whom in 1888?
JACK THE RIPPER
10th – Who said, “Dr Livingstone I presume” in 1871?
HENRY MORTON STANLEY
11th – Whose death was formally announced by the PLO in 2004?
YASSER ARAFAT
12th – Who was expelled by the Communist Party in 1927?
LEON TROTSKY
13th – Which black entertainer was widely condemned in the USA after marrying white Swedish actress Mary Britt in 1960?
SAMMY DAVIS JUNIOR
14th – Who was the bride and groom at a wedding held at Westminster Abbey in 1973?
PRINCESS ANNE AND CAPTAIN MARK PHILLIPS
15th – Which film marked the screen debut of Elvis Presley in 1956?
LOVE ME TENDER
16th – Which airline was founded in Australia in 1920?
QANTAS
17th – Who announced to a newspaper “I am not a crook” in 1973?
RICHARD NIXON
18th – Which leader of the People’s Temple led a mass suicide in 1978?
REV. JIM JONES
19th – Who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1850?
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
20th – Who married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in 1947?
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
21st – What became the first full length feature film produced entirely by computer generated imagery in 1995?
TOY STORY
22nd – Who did Mike Tyson beat to become the youngest ever heavyweight world champion in 1986
TREVOR BERBICK
23rd – Which famed clipper vessel was launched in Dumbarton in 1869?
CUTTY SARK
24th – Which singer died of AIDS aged 45 in 1991?
FREDDIE MERCURY
25th – What became the first foreign team to defeat England at Wembley in 1953?
HUNGARY
26th – At which vault at Heathrow Airport were over 6000 gold bars stolen in 1983?
BRINKS MAT
27th – Which gangster born Lester Joseph Gillis was killed in shoot out in 1934?
BABY FACE NELSON
28th – East Timor declared its independence from which European country in 1975?
PORTUGAL
29th – Which commission was established to investigate the assassination of JFK in 1963?
WARREN COMMISSION
30th – Which London building was destroyed by fire in 1936?
CRYSTAL PALACE
