HISTORY QUIZ NO. 43
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:31 pm1. Which President of the USSR encouraged the policy of Glassnost?
GORBACHOV
2. Name the commoner who ruled England in 1658-59.
RICHARD CROMWELL
3. In which American city was the world's first skyscraper built in 1885?
CHICAGO
4. Name the only boxer to knock out Mohammed Ali
LARRY HOLMES IN 1980
5. Name the South African surgeon who carried out the first heart transplant operation.
DR. CHRISTIAN BARNARD
6. The revolutionary newspaper, Pravda was first published in 1912...but WHERE?
RUSSIA
7. What was the American codename for the development of the atom bomb?
MANHATTEN PROJECT
8. Which airline owned the jet that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988?
PAN AM
9. Which book catapulted Germaine Greer to fame?
THE FEMALE EUNUCH
10. What was the given name of Stalin's daughter who defected to the US in 1967?
SVETLANA
11. James Earl Ray was responsible for who's death in 1968?
MARTIN LUTHER KING'S
12. Who created havoc in 1938, when his radio broadcast of "The War Of The Worlds" was believed to be true?
ORSON WELLS
13. Which major British newspaper closed down for almost a year in 1978?
THE TIMES
14. What were Benjy and Laska, which were sent into space in 1958?
MICE
15. Who was the biggest selling female artist in America in the 1990s?
MARIAH CAREY
16. Which British monarch was on the throne at the beginning of the 20th Century?
QUEEN VICTORIA
17. Which American President saw active service in both the first and second World Wars?
EISENHOWER
18. Why was Louise Brown famous in 1978?
1ST TEST TUBE BABY
19. In what year was London due to host the Olympic Games, but couldn't because of the Second World War?
1944
20. Which three films did Steven Spielberg direct that were among the top ten highest grossing films of the 20th century?
E.T - JAWS - JURASSIC PARK
GORBACHOV
2. Name the commoner who ruled England in 1658-59.
RICHARD CROMWELL
3. In which American city was the world's first skyscraper built in 1885?
CHICAGO
4. Name the only boxer to knock out Mohammed Ali
LARRY HOLMES IN 1980
5. Name the South African surgeon who carried out the first heart transplant operation.
DR. CHRISTIAN BARNARD
6. The revolutionary newspaper, Pravda was first published in 1912...but WHERE?
RUSSIA
7. What was the American codename for the development of the atom bomb?
MANHATTEN PROJECT
8. Which airline owned the jet that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988?
PAN AM
9. Which book catapulted Germaine Greer to fame?
THE FEMALE EUNUCH
10. What was the given name of Stalin's daughter who defected to the US in 1967?
SVETLANA
11. James Earl Ray was responsible for who's death in 1968?
MARTIN LUTHER KING'S
12. Who created havoc in 1938, when his radio broadcast of "The War Of The Worlds" was believed to be true?
ORSON WELLS
13. Which major British newspaper closed down for almost a year in 1978?
THE TIMES
14. What were Benjy and Laska, which were sent into space in 1958?
MICE
15. Who was the biggest selling female artist in America in the 1990s?
MARIAH CAREY
16. Which British monarch was on the throne at the beginning of the 20th Century?
QUEEN VICTORIA
17. Which American President saw active service in both the first and second World Wars?
EISENHOWER
18. Why was Louise Brown famous in 1978?
1ST TEST TUBE BABY
19. In what year was London due to host the Olympic Games, but couldn't because of the Second World War?
1944
20. Which three films did Steven Spielberg direct that were among the top ten highest grossing films of the 20th century?
E.T - JAWS - JURASSIC PARK
