HISTORY QUIZ NO.52
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:56 am1 Which famous Roman town was burned by the explosion of Vesuvius in 79AD?
POMPEII
2 What is the name of Queen Victoria's seaside home on the Isle of Wight?
OSBORNE HOUSE
3 Which English king was killed at the Battle of Hastings?
HAROLD
4 Whose tomb did archaeologist Howard Carter uncover in Egypt in 1922?
TUTANKHAMEN
5 To get out of military service, what did a vassal pay to his lord?
SCUTAGE
6 Which European country ruled India before 1947?
ENGLAND
7 Who was called a turbulent priest by Henry II?
THOMAS A BECKETT
8 How many years did Queen Victoria's reign last?
64
9 What was the name for the fancy pleated collar worn by men and women in Tudor times?
RUFF
10 What was the last town in France held by the English at the end of the Hundred Years' War?
CALAIS
11 Who was the last Czar of Russia?
NICHOLAS II
12 Which Indian tribe was the first to have a written history?
CHEROKEE
13 What nationality was Christopher Columbus?
ITALIAN
14 Who was the last queen of ancient Egypt?
CLEOPATRA
15 Which great English poet wrote pamphlets in the 17th century?
JOHN MILTON
16. Which American film actress starred with her husband Orson Welles in 'The Lady From Shanghai'?
RITA HAYWORTH
17. Which Italian painter, famous for his views of Venice, was born in 1865?
CANALETTO
18. Name the author of 'Gulliver's Travels', who died in 1745.
JONATHON SWIFT
19. Which famous Australian soprano was born Helen Porter Mitchell?
DAME NELLIE MELBA
20. Georges Bizet was born in 1838. In his famous opera, where does the gipsy Carmen work?
CIGARETTE FACTORY
POMPEII
2 What is the name of Queen Victoria's seaside home on the Isle of Wight?
OSBORNE HOUSE
3 Which English king was killed at the Battle of Hastings?
HAROLD
4 Whose tomb did archaeologist Howard Carter uncover in Egypt in 1922?
TUTANKHAMEN
5 To get out of military service, what did a vassal pay to his lord?
SCUTAGE
6 Which European country ruled India before 1947?
ENGLAND
7 Who was called a turbulent priest by Henry II?
THOMAS A BECKETT
8 How many years did Queen Victoria's reign last?
64
9 What was the name for the fancy pleated collar worn by men and women in Tudor times?
RUFF
10 What was the last town in France held by the English at the end of the Hundred Years' War?
CALAIS
11 Who was the last Czar of Russia?
NICHOLAS II
12 Which Indian tribe was the first to have a written history?
CHEROKEE
13 What nationality was Christopher Columbus?
ITALIAN
14 Who was the last queen of ancient Egypt?
CLEOPATRA
15 Which great English poet wrote pamphlets in the 17th century?
JOHN MILTON
16. Which American film actress starred with her husband Orson Welles in 'The Lady From Shanghai'?
RITA HAYWORTH
17. Which Italian painter, famous for his views of Venice, was born in 1865?
CANALETTO
18. Name the author of 'Gulliver's Travels', who died in 1745.
JONATHON SWIFT
19. Which famous Australian soprano was born Helen Porter Mitchell?
DAME NELLIE MELBA
20. Georges Bizet was born in 1838. In his famous opera, where does the gipsy Carmen work?
CIGARETTE FACTORY
GDB
