HISTORY QUIZ NO.69
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:19 pm1. Where did the Incas originate?
PERU
2. In which battle did Sitting Bull defeat General Custer?
BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN
3. The Battle of Bosworth Field took place during which war?
WAR OF THE ROSES
4. What was Baron Manfred von Richthofen popularly known as?
THE RED BARON
5. When was the American Declaration of Independence?
1776
6. Which state succeeded the Roman Empire?
BYZANTINE EMPIRE
7. The Hundred Years War was between which two countries?
ENGLAND AND FRANCE
8. In which American state did the English first settle in 1607?
VIRGINIA
9. From which French town were more than 330,000 Allied Troops evacuated in 1940?
DUNKIRK
10. Which Scottish king was killed at the battle of Flodden?
JAMES IV
11. Which British institution was given independence from the government in 1997, four days after the Labour Party won the general election?
THE BANK OF ENGLAND
12. With which country did Britain have a "cod war" in 1976?
ICELAND
13. In which battle did Harold II, the last Saxon king of England, lose his life?
HASTINGS
14. In which town in Texas did 70 cult members die in a fire after four federal agents were killed during a confrontation?
WACO
15. Which British Prime Minister announced the outbreak of war with Germany in 1939?
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
16. Who said "Read my lips" no new taxes??
GEORGE BUSH SENIOR
17. The Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific are where nine mutineers settled in 1790. On which ship did they mutiny?
HMS BOUNTY
18. General Leopoldo Galtieri was president of which South American country in 1981 and 1982?
ARGENTINA
19. The 50th birthday of which organisation was celebrated on 22 October 1995 in New York City?
UNITED NATIONS
20. In which year did South Africa have it?s first all-race elections?
1994
PERU
2. In which battle did Sitting Bull defeat General Custer?
BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN
3. The Battle of Bosworth Field took place during which war?
WAR OF THE ROSES
4. What was Baron Manfred von Richthofen popularly known as?
THE RED BARON
5. When was the American Declaration of Independence?
1776
6. Which state succeeded the Roman Empire?
BYZANTINE EMPIRE
7. The Hundred Years War was between which two countries?
ENGLAND AND FRANCE
8. In which American state did the English first settle in 1607?
VIRGINIA
9. From which French town were more than 330,000 Allied Troops evacuated in 1940?
DUNKIRK
10. Which Scottish king was killed at the battle of Flodden?
JAMES IV
11. Which British institution was given independence from the government in 1997, four days after the Labour Party won the general election?
THE BANK OF ENGLAND
12. With which country did Britain have a "cod war" in 1976?
ICELAND
13. In which battle did Harold II, the last Saxon king of England, lose his life?
HASTINGS
14. In which town in Texas did 70 cult members die in a fire after four federal agents were killed during a confrontation?
WACO
15. Which British Prime Minister announced the outbreak of war with Germany in 1939?
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
16. Who said "Read my lips" no new taxes??
GEORGE BUSH SENIOR
17. The Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific are where nine mutineers settled in 1790. On which ship did they mutiny?
HMS BOUNTY
18. General Leopoldo Galtieri was president of which South American country in 1981 and 1982?
ARGENTINA
19. The 50th birthday of which organisation was celebrated on 22 October 1995 in New York City?
UNITED NATIONS
20. In which year did South Africa have it?s first all-race elections?
1994
