HISTORY QUIZ NO. 34

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Which US President gave the White House its name?
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
2 What was the nationality of the first man to climb Mount Everest?
NEW ZEALAND
3 Who designed the uniform of the Swiss Guard, the bodyguards of the Pope?
MICHELANGELO
4 Which sea is named after a 16th century Dutch navigator who made three voyages in search of the North West passage?
THE BARENTS SEA
5 Who was the first US President to marry whilst in office?
JOHN TYLER
6 In 1932 who founded the British Union of Fascists?
OSWALD MOSELY
7 To which saint is Westminster Abbey dedicated?
ST. PETER
8 In which capital city was the Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie born?
WARSAW
9 What name was given to Britain’s first Polaris submarine?
HMS RESOLUTION
10 Who resigned as leader of the SDP in 1987?
DR. DAVID OWEN
11 Who was the British government’s Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1983 to 1989?
NIGEL LAWSON
12 In 2002 Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Golden Jubilee. Which jubilee was celebrated by Queen Victoria in 1897?
DIAMOND JUBILEE
13 Warren Hastings became the first Governor General of which country?
INDIA
14 What profession connects Sir Walter Scott, Margaret Thatcher and Lenin?
ALL FORMER LAWYERS
15 The TV series Sharpe was set during which war?
NAPOLEONIC OR PENINSULAR WAR
16 What was the Roman name for England?
ALBION
17 In what year was the race horse Shergar kidnapped?
1983
18 What title was used by German Emperors until 1917?
KAISER
19 Which leader was once quoted as saying, “A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic”?
JOSEPH STARLIN
20 Who was the Roman Emperor at the time of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ?
TIBERIUS

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Q2 - New Zealand

[magpie in the 80's]

Q2 - New Zealand

CORRECT GDB

[Peterxtc]

6. Oswald Mosley

[Peterxtc]

10. David Steel?
11. Nigel Lawson?
19 Kaaiser

[magpie in the 80's]

6. Oswald Mosley

CORRECT PETE

[magpie in the 80's]

10. David Steel?
11. Nigel Lawson?..CORRECT
19 Kaaiser

OTHER 2 INCORRECT PETE

[magpie in the 80's]

last days for this quiz

[Jimmy_041]

15 Peninsular War

[Jimmy_041]

18 Emperor

[Jimmy_041]

19 Joe Stalin (His death wasn't a tragedy)

[Jimmy_041]

20 - Big guess here as military history is my bag

Nero?

[magpie in the 80's]

15 Peninsular War

INCORRECT JIMMY

[magpie in the 80's]

18 Emperor

INCORRECT JIMMY

[magpie in the 80's]

19 Joe Stalin (His death wasn't a tragedy)

CORRECT JIMMY

[magpie in the 80's]

20 - Big guess here as military history is my bag

Nero?

INCORRECT JIMMY

[Brock Landers]

8. I think she was French so at a guess Paris?

[magpie in the 80's]

8. I think she was French so at a guess Paris?

incorrect BL

[old moz]

15 crimea

[magpie in the 80's]

15 crimea

incorrect OM