HISTORY QUIZ NO. 57
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 3:57 pm1. Who had a horse called Bucephalus?
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
2. Who was Hitler's minister of propaganda during World War II?
JOSEPH GOEBBELS
3. Who became president on the death of Franklin D Roosevelt in 1945?
HARRY TRUMAN
4. In which year was the Lockerbie disaster, which destroyed Pan Am flight 103, killing 270 people?
1988
5. In which year did the Nuclear Reactor at the Chernobyl plant explode?
1986
6. How did President Sadat of Egypt die in 1981?
HE WAS ASSASSINATED
7. In which year did King Edward VIII abdicate from the throne?
1936
8. What was Hilary Clinton's maiden name?
RODHAM
9. By what name do we now know the woman born Margaret Hilda Roberts in 1926?
BARONESS MARAGARET THATCHER
10. Who was canonised in 1920, 489 years after her death?
JOAN OF ARC
11. Who Was King Arthur's Father?
UTHER PENDRAGON
12. Who Invaded England In 55bc?
THE ROMANS LED BY JULIUS CAESER
13. Which war between England and France lasted 116 years?
THE HUNDRED YEAR WAR
14. Which school has provided Britain with 19 prime ministers?
ETON
15. In which US city did locals throw a 'tea party' to thank the British for making America?
BOSTON
16. Who signed the Magna Carta?
KING JOHN
17. The Spanish Civil war lasted from when to when?
1936 TO 1939
18. The Crimean War was between whom?
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND
19. Which European Queen had the nickname carrots?
MARIE ANTOINETTE
20. When was the taking of The Alamo?
1836
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
2. Who was Hitler's minister of propaganda during World War II?
JOSEPH GOEBBELS
3. Who became president on the death of Franklin D Roosevelt in 1945?
HARRY TRUMAN
4. In which year was the Lockerbie disaster, which destroyed Pan Am flight 103, killing 270 people?
1988
5. In which year did the Nuclear Reactor at the Chernobyl plant explode?
1986
6. How did President Sadat of Egypt die in 1981?
HE WAS ASSASSINATED
7. In which year did King Edward VIII abdicate from the throne?
1936
8. What was Hilary Clinton's maiden name?
RODHAM
9. By what name do we now know the woman born Margaret Hilda Roberts in 1926?
BARONESS MARAGARET THATCHER
10. Who was canonised in 1920, 489 years after her death?
JOAN OF ARC
11. Who Was King Arthur's Father?
UTHER PENDRAGON
12. Who Invaded England In 55bc?
THE ROMANS LED BY JULIUS CAESER
13. Which war between England and France lasted 116 years?
THE HUNDRED YEAR WAR
14. Which school has provided Britain with 19 prime ministers?
ETON
15. In which US city did locals throw a 'tea party' to thank the British for making America?
BOSTON
16. Who signed the Magna Carta?
KING JOHN
17. The Spanish Civil war lasted from when to when?
1936 TO 1939
18. The Crimean War was between whom?
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND
19. Which European Queen had the nickname carrots?
MARIE ANTOINETTE
20. When was the taking of The Alamo?
1836
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