HISTORY QUIZ NO. 59
Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 5:13 pm1: What was the name of Charles Lindbergh's plane in which he completed the first non-stop solo trans-Atlantic flight?
SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS
2: What was Manfred von Richtofen's nickname?
THE RED BARON
3: Who invented the jet engine in 1930?
FRANK WHITTLE
4: Who shot and killed Billy the Kid in 1881?
PAT GARRET
5: Which English cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1666?
ST PAULS
6: The Yeomen of the Guard are known by what other name?
BEEFEATERS
7: Who invented jeans?
LEVI STRAUSS
8: Which composer wrote The Water Music?
HANDEL
9: On which day is Remembrance Day?
NOVEMBER THE 11TH
10: What is the wife of an Earl called?
COUNTESS
11: Who looked at Lady Godiva as she rode bareback through town?
PEEPING TOM
12: Who succeeded Churchill as prime minister in 1955?
SIR ANTHONY EDON
13: What was the nickname of the pirate Edward Teach?
BLACKBEARD
14: How many kings of England have been called Philip?
NONE
15: Which tribe did Geronimo lead?
THE APACHE
16: Name the Greenpeace trawler which was sunk in July 1985.
RAINBOW WARRIOR
17: Who is the first female in line to the British throne?
PRINCESS BEATRICE
18: Who was the American President when the Berlin Wall was constructed?
JOHN F KENNEDY
19: For what event in history is baker Thomas Farynor known?
STARTED THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
20: Captain Matthew Webb, famous for swimming the English Channel, drowned in 1883 attempting to swim what?
THE RAPIDS BELOW NIAGRA FALLS
SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS
2: What was Manfred von Richtofen's nickname?
THE RED BARON
3: Who invented the jet engine in 1930?
FRANK WHITTLE
4: Who shot and killed Billy the Kid in 1881?
PAT GARRET
5: Which English cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1666?
ST PAULS
6: The Yeomen of the Guard are known by what other name?
BEEFEATERS
7: Who invented jeans?
LEVI STRAUSS
8: Which composer wrote The Water Music?
HANDEL
9: On which day is Remembrance Day?
NOVEMBER THE 11TH
10: What is the wife of an Earl called?
COUNTESS
11: Who looked at Lady Godiva as she rode bareback through town?
PEEPING TOM
12: Who succeeded Churchill as prime minister in 1955?
SIR ANTHONY EDON
13: What was the nickname of the pirate Edward Teach?
BLACKBEARD
14: How many kings of England have been called Philip?
NONE
15: Which tribe did Geronimo lead?
THE APACHE
16: Name the Greenpeace trawler which was sunk in July 1985.
RAINBOW WARRIOR
17: Who is the first female in line to the British throne?
PRINCESS BEATRICE
18: Who was the American President when the Berlin Wall was constructed?
JOHN F KENNEDY
19: For what event in history is baker Thomas Farynor known?
STARTED THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
20: Captain Matthew Webb, famous for swimming the English Channel, drowned in 1883 attempting to swim what?
THE RAPIDS BELOW NIAGRA FALLS
FL