HISTORY QUIZ NO.65
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:56 pm1. Which war was the first war in which jet airplanes fought each other?
KOREAN WAR
2. The so-called Pastry war of 1838 was fought between which two nations?
MEXICO AND FRANCE
3. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
GEORGE POMPIDOU
4. Which civilisation built Machu Picchu?
THE INCAS
5. Ras Tafari was better known by which name?
HAILE SELASSIE
6. What was the name of the blind Benedictine monk who allegedly invented Champagne?
DOM PERIGNON
7. Which two other countries joined the EEC at the same time as Ireland?
U.K. AND DENMARK
8. Louis Blèriot was the first to do what in a what?
1ST TO CROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL IN A PLANE
9. Who is the only American President to have served non-consecutive terms in office?
GROVER CLEVLAND
10. Parker and Barrow were the surnames, what were the Christian names?
BONNIE AND CLYDE
11. What was the name of the Daily Mirror's wartime comic strip heroine?
JANE
12. In which city was John F. Kennedy assassinated?
DALLAS
13. Which British liner was sunk off the Irish coast by a German submarine on 7th May 1915?
THE LUSITANIA
14. In which year did the Battle of Agincourt take place?
1415
15. Which battle ended the Wars of the Roses?
BATTLE OF BOSWORTH
16. Which Japanese city was devastated by an earthquake on January 18th, 1995?
KOBE
17. Founded in 1885, which is Britain's oldest women's magazine?
THE LADY
18. For which event of 1872 is the name of Captain Briggs remembered?
HE WAS CAPTAIN OF THE MARIE CELESTE
19. In which year did all the following occur:- King George V died, the Crystal Palace was destroyed by fire and the Spanish Civil War began?
1936
20. When Clement Attlee became Prime Minister in 1945, who was the President of the United States?
HARRY S. TRUMAN
KOREAN WAR
2. The so-called Pastry war of 1838 was fought between which two nations?
MEXICO AND FRANCE
3. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
GEORGE POMPIDOU
4. Which civilisation built Machu Picchu?
THE INCAS
5. Ras Tafari was better known by which name?
HAILE SELASSIE
6. What was the name of the blind Benedictine monk who allegedly invented Champagne?
DOM PERIGNON
7. Which two other countries joined the EEC at the same time as Ireland?
U.K. AND DENMARK
8. Louis Blèriot was the first to do what in a what?
1ST TO CROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL IN A PLANE
9. Who is the only American President to have served non-consecutive terms in office?
GROVER CLEVLAND
10. Parker and Barrow were the surnames, what were the Christian names?
BONNIE AND CLYDE
11. What was the name of the Daily Mirror's wartime comic strip heroine?
JANE
12. In which city was John F. Kennedy assassinated?
DALLAS
13. Which British liner was sunk off the Irish coast by a German submarine on 7th May 1915?
THE LUSITANIA
14. In which year did the Battle of Agincourt take place?
1415
15. Which battle ended the Wars of the Roses?
BATTLE OF BOSWORTH
16. Which Japanese city was devastated by an earthquake on January 18th, 1995?
KOBE
17. Founded in 1885, which is Britain's oldest women's magazine?
THE LADY
18. For which event of 1872 is the name of Captain Briggs remembered?
HE WAS CAPTAIN OF THE MARIE CELESTE
19. In which year did all the following occur:- King George V died, the Crystal Palace was destroyed by fire and the Spanish Civil War began?
1936
20. When Clement Attlee became Prime Minister in 1945, who was the President of the United States?
HARRY S. TRUMAN
