HISTORY QUIZ NO.30
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:18 pm1. In December 1773 in America, the cargoes of three ships were thrown overboard by protestors disguised as red Indians. What is the popular name for this event?
BOSTON TEA PARTY
2. Who was responsible for reducing the Crimean war death rate from 42% to 2%?
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
3. What material was banned after the 1745 Jacobite rebellion until 1782?
TARTAN
4. After the invasion of Poland, which was the next country to be invaded by the Germans in World War II?
DENMARK
5. Who crowned napoleon Bonaparte emperor in 1804?
HE CROWNED HIMSELF
6. Which battle of 1066 shares its name with a premier league football ground?
STAMFORD BRIDGE
7. What country declared war on both Germany and the allies in world war II ?
ITALY
8. Which country played host to the battle Of Waterloo?
BELGIUM
9. The development of what in World War II was Code-named ‘the Manhattan project’?
THE ATOM BOMB
10. At which location was the Magna Carta signed?
RUNNYMEDE
11. Which French revolutionary was nicknamed "The Sea Green Incorruptible"?
ROBES PIERRE
12. Which battle of 1746 ended the Jacobite revolution?
CULLODEN
13. Which earl was known as "The Kingmaker" during the War of the Roses?
EARL OF EARWICK
14. Which country presented the Statue of Liberty to the U.S.A?
FRANCE
15. Who was the British Prime Minister at the start of the 20th century?
LORD SALISBURY
16. Which Cardinal gave Hampton Court Palace to Henry VIII?
CARDINAL WOLSEY
17. Who did Henry Stanley meet at Ujiji on 10th November 1871?
DR. LIVINGSTONE
18. Warren Hastings was the first governor-general of which country?
INDIA
19. Which King had been Prince of Wales for 60 years before his Coronation?
EDWARD VII
20. Which is the oldest university in England?
OXFORD UNIVERSITY
BOSTON TEA PARTY
2. Who was responsible for reducing the Crimean war death rate from 42% to 2%?
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
3. What material was banned after the 1745 Jacobite rebellion until 1782?
TARTAN
4. After the invasion of Poland, which was the next country to be invaded by the Germans in World War II?
DENMARK
5. Who crowned napoleon Bonaparte emperor in 1804?
HE CROWNED HIMSELF
6. Which battle of 1066 shares its name with a premier league football ground?
STAMFORD BRIDGE
7. What country declared war on both Germany and the allies in world war II ?
ITALY
8. Which country played host to the battle Of Waterloo?
BELGIUM
9. The development of what in World War II was Code-named ‘the Manhattan project’?
THE ATOM BOMB
10. At which location was the Magna Carta signed?
RUNNYMEDE
11. Which French revolutionary was nicknamed "The Sea Green Incorruptible"?
ROBES PIERRE
12. Which battle of 1746 ended the Jacobite revolution?
CULLODEN
13. Which earl was known as "The Kingmaker" during the War of the Roses?
EARL OF EARWICK
14. Which country presented the Statue of Liberty to the U.S.A?
FRANCE
15. Who was the British Prime Minister at the start of the 20th century?
LORD SALISBURY
16. Which Cardinal gave Hampton Court Palace to Henry VIII?
CARDINAL WOLSEY
17. Who did Henry Stanley meet at Ujiji on 10th November 1871?
DR. LIVINGSTONE
18. Warren Hastings was the first governor-general of which country?
INDIA
19. Which King had been Prince of Wales for 60 years before his Coronation?
EDWARD VII
20. Which is the oldest university in England?
OXFORD UNIVERSITY
