HISTORY QUIZ NO.83
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:05 pm1. Of which country was Idi Amin the president from 1971 to 1979?
UGANDA
2. Which ship was found abandoned in 1872, with warm meals still on the crew's table?
MARIE CELESTE
3. What was first erected on the Place de Greve, Paris in 1792?
4. Calpurnia was the third wife of which roman emperor?
5. Which London prison did great train robber Ronald Biggs escape from in 1965?
WANDSWORTH
6. How did Ellen Church make aviation history?
7. Olaf Palme was assassinated in 198O which country was he Prime Minister?
SWEDEN
8. In what district of East London did Jack the Ripper pray on women?
9. What was George Washington's wife first name?
10. Which county did Huntingdonshire become part of in 1974?
11. In 1962 Britain and France signed an agreement which led to co-operation in building what?
CONCORDE
12. Sharon Tate was murdered by members of the Charles Manson family, who was she married to at the time?
ROMAN POLANSKI
13. Where did Lindbergh's 'spirit of St. Louis' flight land?
14. What was introduced to the UK postal service in 1852?
15. Agent blue is a herbicide that was used against the Vietnamese. What type of poisonous compound does it contain?
16. What was the name of the Greenpeace ship sunk in New Zealand in 1985?
RAINBOW WARRIOR
17. Which method of execution was first used in Carson City, Nevada in 1924?
18. Henri Landrau killed a series of women in France in the early 20th century, what was his nickname?
19. Louis XIV gave the Hope Diamond to whom?
MARIE ANTOINETTE
20. What Roman Emperor ordered St. Peter's crucifixion in 68 AD?
UGANDA
2. Which ship was found abandoned in 1872, with warm meals still on the crew's table?
MARIE CELESTE
3. What was first erected on the Place de Greve, Paris in 1792?
4. Calpurnia was the third wife of which roman emperor?
5. Which London prison did great train robber Ronald Biggs escape from in 1965?
WANDSWORTH
6. How did Ellen Church make aviation history?
7. Olaf Palme was assassinated in 198O which country was he Prime Minister?
SWEDEN
8. In what district of East London did Jack the Ripper pray on women?
9. What was George Washington's wife first name?
10. Which county did Huntingdonshire become part of in 1974?
11. In 1962 Britain and France signed an agreement which led to co-operation in building what?
CONCORDE
12. Sharon Tate was murdered by members of the Charles Manson family, who was she married to at the time?
ROMAN POLANSKI
13. Where did Lindbergh's 'spirit of St. Louis' flight land?
14. What was introduced to the UK postal service in 1852?
15. Agent blue is a herbicide that was used against the Vietnamese. What type of poisonous compound does it contain?
16. What was the name of the Greenpeace ship sunk in New Zealand in 1985?
RAINBOW WARRIOR
17. Which method of execution was first used in Carson City, Nevada in 1924?
18. Henri Landrau killed a series of women in France in the early 20th century, what was his nickname?
19. Louis XIV gave the Hope Diamond to whom?
MARIE ANTOINETTE
20. What Roman Emperor ordered St. Peter's crucifixion in 68 AD?
