HISTORY QUIZ NO.75
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 10:36 am1. After which famous person in history was the teddy bear named?
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
2. The invention of what in 1867, made Alfred Nobel famous?
DYNAMITE
3. What type of sweet did Mars and Murrie develop in 1941?
M AND M'S
4. Which geographical location was the first word spoken on the moon?
HOUSTON
5. Who was the first woman to be shot by the FBI?
BONNIE PARKER
6. In 1785, Blanchard and Jeffries became the first to cross the English channel using which method of transport?
A BALLOON
7. What historic event does the nursery rhyme "Ring-a-ring of roses" commemorate?
THE GREAT PLAGUE
8. Who was the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of the Second World War?
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
9. In America, what became the 49th state to enter the union in 1959?
ALASKA
10. Who killed who in 1963 in what is generally regarded as the first live televised murder?
JACK RUBY KILLED LEE HARVEY OSWALD
11. What major war began on 10 October, 1899?
THE BOER WAR
12. The words Czar and Kaiser are both derived from which famous person in history?
JULIUS CAESER
13. Which British monarch was on the throne at the beginning of the 20th Century?
QUEEN VICTORIA
14. In what year did Adolf Hitler commit suicide?
1945
15. Which American President ordered the dropping of the first atomic bomb?
HARRY TRUMAN
16. Florence Nightingale was a nurse during which war?
THE CRIMEAN WAR
17. What were the surnames of Bonnie and Clyde?
PARKER AND BARROW
18. What happened in 1847 that is sometimes referred to as "Black Forty Seven"?
THE POTATO FAMINE IN IRELANDE
19. Which brothers invented the airplane in 1903?
WILLIAM AND ORVILLE WRIGHT
20. How many funnels did the Titanic have?
4
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
2. The invention of what in 1867, made Alfred Nobel famous?
DYNAMITE
3. What type of sweet did Mars and Murrie develop in 1941?
M AND M'S
4. Which geographical location was the first word spoken on the moon?
HOUSTON
5. Who was the first woman to be shot by the FBI?
BONNIE PARKER
6. In 1785, Blanchard and Jeffries became the first to cross the English channel using which method of transport?
A BALLOON
7. What historic event does the nursery rhyme "Ring-a-ring of roses" commemorate?
THE GREAT PLAGUE
8. Who was the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of the Second World War?
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
9. In America, what became the 49th state to enter the union in 1959?
ALASKA
10. Who killed who in 1963 in what is generally regarded as the first live televised murder?
JACK RUBY KILLED LEE HARVEY OSWALD
11. What major war began on 10 October, 1899?
THE BOER WAR
12. The words Czar and Kaiser are both derived from which famous person in history?
JULIUS CAESER
13. Which British monarch was on the throne at the beginning of the 20th Century?
QUEEN VICTORIA
14. In what year did Adolf Hitler commit suicide?
1945
15. Which American President ordered the dropping of the first atomic bomb?
HARRY TRUMAN
16. Florence Nightingale was a nurse during which war?
THE CRIMEAN WAR
17. What were the surnames of Bonnie and Clyde?
PARKER AND BARROW
18. What happened in 1847 that is sometimes referred to as "Black Forty Seven"?
THE POTATO FAMINE IN IRELANDE
19. Which brothers invented the airplane in 1903?
WILLIAM AND ORVILLE WRIGHT
20. How many funnels did the Titanic have?
4
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