HISTORY QUIZ NO. 41
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:36 pm1 Which man of the cloth won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984?
DESMOND TUTU
2 Other than William Hague who was the only other 20th century Conservative leader who did not serve as Prime Minister?
AUSTIN CHAMBERLAIN
3 Who incurred the wrath of Queen Elizabeth I when he married Elizabeth Throckmorton?
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
4 In the Bible who replaced Judas Iscariot as one of the twelve Apostles?
MATTHIAS
5 In 1962 who became the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth?
JOHN GLENN
6 In which palace was Winston Churchill born?
BLENHEIM PALACE
7 Name the Soviet leader who died in 1984.
YURI ANDROPOV
8 In 1931 Al Capone was imprisoned for what crime?
TAV EVASION
9 What was the surname of the Wild West hero Buffalo Bill?
CODY
10 Which city changed its name to Ho Chi Minh City in 1975?
SAIGON
11 Who was canonised in 1920, 489 years after being executed?
JOAN OF ARC
12 In 1936 who did Time Magazine name as The Woman of the Year?
WALLIS SIMPSON
13 What was the name of the Suffragette who was killed by the king’s horse in the 1913 Derby?
EMILY DAVIDSON
14 What was the nationality of the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
JAPANESE
15 Who was on the throne when William Shakespeare was born?
ELIZABETH I
16 What was the name of the Scottish heroine who in 1746 assisted in the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie?
FLORA MACDONALD
17 After whom is Africa’s largest lake named?
QUEEN VICTORIA
18 Who in 1963 became the first woman in space?
VALENTINA TERESHKOVA
19 Who acquired the nickname of, Little Miss Sure Shot in America’s old west?
ANNIE OAKLEY
20 In 1893 which became the first country in the world to give women the vote?
NEW ZEALAND
DESMOND TUTU
2 Other than William Hague who was the only other 20th century Conservative leader who did not serve as Prime Minister?
AUSTIN CHAMBERLAIN
3 Who incurred the wrath of Queen Elizabeth I when he married Elizabeth Throckmorton?
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
4 In the Bible who replaced Judas Iscariot as one of the twelve Apostles?
MATTHIAS
5 In 1962 who became the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth?
JOHN GLENN
6 In which palace was Winston Churchill born?
BLENHEIM PALACE
7 Name the Soviet leader who died in 1984.
YURI ANDROPOV
8 In 1931 Al Capone was imprisoned for what crime?
TAV EVASION
9 What was the surname of the Wild West hero Buffalo Bill?
CODY
10 Which city changed its name to Ho Chi Minh City in 1975?
SAIGON
11 Who was canonised in 1920, 489 years after being executed?
JOAN OF ARC
12 In 1936 who did Time Magazine name as The Woman of the Year?
WALLIS SIMPSON
13 What was the name of the Suffragette who was killed by the king’s horse in the 1913 Derby?
EMILY DAVIDSON
14 What was the nationality of the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
JAPANESE
15 Who was on the throne when William Shakespeare was born?
ELIZABETH I
16 What was the name of the Scottish heroine who in 1746 assisted in the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie?
FLORA MACDONALD
17 After whom is Africa’s largest lake named?
QUEEN VICTORIA
18 Who in 1963 became the first woman in space?
VALENTINA TERESHKOVA
19 Who acquired the nickname of, Little Miss Sure Shot in America’s old west?
ANNIE OAKLEY
20 In 1893 which became the first country in the world to give women the vote?
NEW ZEALAND
