HISTORY QUIZ NO.79

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7. Pope Clement VII
14. Matthias

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10 Butch Cassidy

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16 - Buckingham Palace

The Palace part is right fish

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7. Pope Clement VII
14. Matthias

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1 In which decade did Josef Stalin die?
1950'S
2 In which century was the artist Paul Cezanne born?
19TH CENTURY
3 What was the last name of the legendary Scottish hero Rob Roy?
MAGREGOR
4 In what month was Julius Caesar killed?
MARCH
5 Who was the last inmate of Spandau Prison?
RUDOLPH HESS
6 In which famous shoot out did Billy Clanton die?
THE GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL
7 Which Pope excommunicated Henry VIII?
POPE PAUL III
8 The city of Philadelphia was founded by members of which religious group?
THE QUAKERS
9 What is the name of Britain’s oldest order of chivalry?
KNIGHT OF THE THISTLE
10 By what name was the outlaw Robert Leroy Parker better known?
BUTCH CASSIDY
11 Which man of the cloth won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984?
DESMOND TUTU
12 Other than William Hague who was the only other 20th century Conservative leader who did not serve as Prime Minister?
AUSTIN CHAMBERLAIN
13 Who incurred the wrath of Queen Elizabeth I when he married Elizabeth Throckmorton?
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
14 In the Bible who replaced Judas Iscariot as one of the twelve Apostles?
MATTIAS
15 In 1962 who became the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth?
JOHN GLENN
16 In which palace was Winston Churchill born?
BLENHEIM PALACE
17 Name the Soviet leader who died in 1984.
YURI ANDROPOV
18 In 1931 Al Capone was imprisoned for what crime?
TAX EVASION
19 What was the surname of the Wild West hero Buffalo Bill?
CODY
20 Which city changed its name to Ho Chi Minh City in 1975?
SAIGON

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE

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