HISTORY QUIZ NO.80

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Who was the Benedictine monk credited with the invention of champagne?
DOM PERIGNON
2. What volcano destroyed Pompeii in 79AD?
MT. VESUVIUS
3. What was the name of the aeroplane that the Wright brothers first flew in 1903?
FLYER I
4. Who was Tarquin the Proud?
LAST KING OF ROME
5. On which island did Napoleon die?
ST. HELENA
6. Which King was responsible for building the Tower of London?
KING WILLIAM I
7. According to Napoleon what does an army march on?
IT'S STOMACH
8. Which English King died at age 15?
KING EDWARD VI
9. Who were Queen Elizabeth the First's parents?
KING WILLIAM VII AND ?
10. What the ship that Drake circumnavigated the world called?
THE GOLDEN HIND
11. Which English Queen had 17 children and outlived all of them?
QUEEN ANNE
12. With whom did Lady Hamilton have a stormy affair?
HOATIO LORD NELSON
13. What was Dick Turpin's horse called?
BLACK BESS
14. Which English King was known as “The Turnip Hoer”?
KING GEORGE I
15. What was discovered in 1922 by Howard carter?
THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN
16. Over which country did King Zog rule?
ALBANIA
17. Who was the first man to fly over the English Channel?
LOUIS BLERIOT
18. Who appeared on the famous WW1 posters declaring “Your Country Needs You”?
LORD KITCHENER
19. In which country did the Mau-Mau uprising take place?
KENYA
20. What was the code name for the Dunkirk evacuation?
OPERATION DYNAMO

[fish]

2 - Mt Vesuvius

[godoubleblues]

Q7 - stomach
Q10 - golden hind
Q15 - king tut

[magpie in the 80's]

2 - Mt Vesuvius

[magpie in the 80's]

Q7 - stomach
Q10 - golden hind
Q15 - king tut

[tipper]

5) elba?
18 ) uncle sam?

[magpie in the 80's]

5) elba?
18 ) uncle sam?

[Kahuna]

3/ Flyer
5/ St Helena
6/ William 1
9/ Henry 8 & ?
12/ Lord Nelson
17/ Bleriot
18/ Kitchener
19/ Kenya
20/ Overlord

[magpie in the 80's]

3/ Flyer
5/ St Helena
6/ William 1
9/ Henry 8 & ?
12/ Lord Nelson
17/ Bleriot
18/ Kitchener
19/ Kenya
20/ Overlord

OTHERS CORRECT/CLOSE ENOUGH K

[redandblack]

16 Albania

[magpie in the 80's]

16 Albania

[trev]

13 Black Bess
20 Operation Dynamo (hence the name of the Laundry detergent -It gets things out!)

[magpie in the 80's]

13 Black Bess
20 Operation Dynamo (hence the name of the Laundry detergent -It gets things out!)

[fisho mcspaz]

1. Dom Perignon

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Dom Perignon

[magpie in the 80's]

Last days for the quizzes for this year

[Leaping Lindner]

8 - Edward VI (Henry VIII's only son)
11 - Queen Anne

[magpie in the 80's]

8 - Edward VI (Henry VIII's only son)
11 - Queen Anne

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Who was the Benedictine monk credited with the invention of champagne?
DOM PERIGNON
2. What volcano destroyed Pompeii in 79AD?
MT. VESUVIUS
3. What was the name of the aeroplane that the Wright brothers first flew in 1903?
FLYER I
4. Who was Tarquin the Proud?
LAST KING OF ROME
5. On which island did Napoleon die?
ST. HELENA
6. Which King was responsible for building the Tower of London?
KING WILLIAM I
7. According to Napoleon what does an army march on?
IT'S STOMACH
8. Which English King died at age 15?
KING EDWARD VI
9. Who were Queen Elizabeth the First's parents?
KING WILLIAM VII AND ?
10. What the ship that Drake circumnavigated the world called?
THE GOLDEN HIND
11. Which English Queen had 17 children and outlived all of them?
QUEEN ANNE
12. With whom did Lady Hamilton have a stormy affair?
HOATIO LORD NELSON
13. What was Dick Turpin's horse called?
BLACK BESS
14. Which English King was known as “The Turnip Hoer”?
KING GEORGE I
15. What was discovered in 1922 by Howard carter?
THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN
16. Over which country did King Zog rule?
ALBANIA
17. Who was the first man to fly over the English Channel?
LOUIS BLERIOT
18. Who appeared on the famous WW1 posters declaring “Your Country Needs You”?
LORD KITCHENER
19. In which country did the Mau-Mau uprising take place?
KENYA
20. What was the code name for the Dunkirk evacuation?
OPERATION DYNAMO

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE

END OF QUIZ