HISTORY QUIZ NO. 27
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:37 pm1. Of which country was Idi Amin the president from 1971 to 1979?
UGANDA
2. Which ship was found abandoned in 1872, with warm meals still on the crew’s table?
MARIE CELESTE
3. What was first erected on the Place de Greve, Paris in 1792?
THE GUILLOTINE
4. Calpurnia was the third wife of which roman emperor?
JULIUS CAESER
5. Which London prison did great train robber Ronald Biggs escape from in 1965?
WANDSWORTH
6. How did Ellen Church make aviation history?
SHE BECAME THE 1ST AIR HOSTESS
7. Olaf Palme was assassinated in 198Of which country was he Prime Minister?
SWEDEN
8. Which famous animal has switched on the Blackpool illuminations?
RED RUM
9. What was George Washington's wife first name?
MARTHA
10. Which county did Huntingdonshire become part of in 1974?
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
11. In 1962 Britain and France signed an agreement which led to co-operation in building what?
CONCORDE
12. Which TV presenter set up the charity childline?
ESTHER RANTZEN
13. Where did Lindbergh's 'spirit of St. Louis' flight land?
PARIS
14. What was introduced to the UK postal service in 1852?
POST BOXES
15. Agent blue is a herbicide that was used against the Vietnamese. What type of poisonous compound does it contain?
ARSENIC
16. What was the name of the Greenpeace ship sunk in New Zealand in 1985?
RAINBOW WARRIOR
17. Which method of execution was first used in Carson City, Nevada in 1924?
GAS CHAMBER
18. What was unique about Diane Abbott, elected as MP for hackney north and Stoke Newington in 1987?
1ST BLACK WOMAN MP
19. Louis XIV gave the Hope Diamond to whom?
MARIE ANTOINETTE
20. What Roman Emperor ordered St. Peter’s crucifixion in 68 AD?
NERO
UGANDA
2. Which ship was found abandoned in 1872, with warm meals still on the crew’s table?
MARIE CELESTE
3. What was first erected on the Place de Greve, Paris in 1792?
THE GUILLOTINE
4. Calpurnia was the third wife of which roman emperor?
JULIUS CAESER
5. Which London prison did great train robber Ronald Biggs escape from in 1965?
WANDSWORTH
6. How did Ellen Church make aviation history?
SHE BECAME THE 1ST AIR HOSTESS
7. Olaf Palme was assassinated in 198Of which country was he Prime Minister?
SWEDEN
8. Which famous animal has switched on the Blackpool illuminations?
RED RUM
9. What was George Washington's wife first name?
MARTHA
10. Which county did Huntingdonshire become part of in 1974?
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
11. In 1962 Britain and France signed an agreement which led to co-operation in building what?
CONCORDE
12. Which TV presenter set up the charity childline?
ESTHER RANTZEN
13. Where did Lindbergh's 'spirit of St. Louis' flight land?
PARIS
14. What was introduced to the UK postal service in 1852?
POST BOXES
15. Agent blue is a herbicide that was used against the Vietnamese. What type of poisonous compound does it contain?
ARSENIC
16. What was the name of the Greenpeace ship sunk in New Zealand in 1985?
RAINBOW WARRIOR
17. Which method of execution was first used in Carson City, Nevada in 1924?
GAS CHAMBER
18. What was unique about Diane Abbott, elected as MP for hackney north and Stoke Newington in 1987?
1ST BLACK WOMAN MP
19. Louis XIV gave the Hope Diamond to whom?
MARIE ANTOINETTE
20. What Roman Emperor ordered St. Peter’s crucifixion in 68 AD?
NERO
