HISTORY - MEGA QUIZZ
VOL 1
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1. What was the surname of Napoleon's wife, Josephine?
History General
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2. Thurgood Marshall grew up in which US city?
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3. The 1101 Treaty of Alton was signed between England and which other country?
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4. The early settlement of Fort Christina developed into which city?
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5. Sultan Mustafa II was removed as head of state of which country in 1703?
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6. The Zimmerman Telegram, intercepted in 1917, was a plea to which country to get involved in the War?
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7. What was the name of the first UK motorway between London and Leeds?
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8. What relation was Napoleon III to the first Napoleon emperor?
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9. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was established in which Ohio city in 1898?
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10. The US landed a Ranger IV rocket where in 1962?
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11. WEB Du Bois was a sociology professor in which US city?
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12. The 1992 Chapultepec Peace Accords ended Civil War in which central American country?
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13. What was the surname of an infamous 1960s London crime pair?
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14. The Elgin Marbles, taken from the Parthenon in Athens, are displayed in which city?
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15. Viktor Yushchenko was elected President of which country after an "orange revolution"?
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VOL 2
1. Nok is an Iron Age civilization from which African country?
2. Early Dutch settlers wanted to trade which animal's fur with the native Pequot?
3. Cleisthenes introduced which political idea into ancient Greece?
4. Lillian E Fishburne was the first African-American woman promoted to which rank?
5. Frenchman Henri de Tonty is known as the "Father" of which state?
6. Senegal declared independence from which other African country in 1960?
7. Slovenia and which other country were the first to declare their independence from Yugoslavia?
8. Burgess, Philby, and Maclean were accused of which crime in the 1960s?
9. Clothing retailer H&M was founded in 1947 in which country?
10. RTE was launched as the national broadcaster of which European country in 1961?
11. Operation Joshua was a US led mission to airlift Jewish people from which country?
12. Azawad, a region of which African country, declared its independence in 2012?
13. In 1904, Chris Watson resigned as Prime Minister of which country?
14. Battle of Bear Valley, the last battle in the American Indian Wars, took place in which state?
15. Natchez was the first capital of which US state?
VOL 3
1. Which General led the Confederate forces in the US Civil War?
2. Who was British Prime Minister through the 1980s?
3. Where did Inuit native American people live?
4. Ancient Egyptian society was built around the Nile flooding in which month of the year?
5. Which Queen of Scots was imprisoned and beheaded on orders of Elizabeth I?
6. Which European country used the guilder as currency before joining the Euro system?
7. Which Civil Rights leader was the face of the Nation of Islam?
8. Which US President had twins called Barbara and Jenna?
9. Which country sent ships in an Armada to invade England in 1588?
10. Which Civil Rights leader made the famous "I have a dream" speech?
11. "The Madness of King George" was about which King?
12. Which US President approved the dropping of the Atomic bomb on Japan?
13. Which US President had children called Caroline and John?
14. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written in which US state?
15. 1793 saw an epidemic of which disease break out in Philadelphia?
VOL 4
1. What is the traditional Inuit item of clothing called a parka?
2. The Royal Family of which country financed Christopher Columbus's expeditions?
3. The Oslo Peace Accords were signed between the PLO and which country's government?
4. What was the nickname of President Theodore Roosevelt?
5. What are the names of the written pictographs used as writing in Ancient Egypt?
6. What shape was the Rubik toy which took the world by storm in the 80s?
7. The first European settlement in which US state was called Fort Caroline?
8. The government of which country imposed the Stamp Act on American colonists in 1765?
9. What was the first name of Mrs Simpson who married King Edward VIII?
10. What was the name of the political system involving noblemen, peasants and serfs?
11. What was the name of the record label set up by the Beatles?
12. The US Declaration of Independence was signed in which city?
13. What was the name of a wheeled vehicle pulled by horses in ancient Rome
14. The British parliament declared in February 1775 that which colony was rebelling?
15. What cargo did protestors dump into Boston Harbor in 1773?
VOL 5
1. Former Republican senator Joe McCarthy accused people of which beliefs?
2. Minutemen were part of the militia in which US state?
3. During the 1950s, the US carried out nuclear testing in which state?
4. Queen Victoria's husband came from which European country?
5. Errol Flynn was famous in which field in the 20th century?
6. The 1922 Anglo-Irish treaty was signed between Ireland and which country?
7. Jawaharlal Nehru called for the independence of which country in 1928?
8. In which city was the Titanic built and launched in 1911?
9. In which US city did Washington make the first State of the Union address?
10. Stalin, Roosevelt, and which other leader attended Black Sea talks in 1945?
11. In 1912, which was the first US state to introduce a minimum wage?
12. Ludwig van Beethoven was a composer from which country?
13. Principia Mathematica was a 1687 work by which world-famous thinker?
14. Edo is the former name of which world capital?
15. Franco was a military dictator of which country from 1939 to 1975?
VOL 6
1. Which eastern US city was largely destroyed by fire in 1904?
2. Which English king made peace with the Vikings in the 9th century?
3. Who wrote the anti-slavery work "My Bondage and My Freedom and Life and Times"?
4. Which sort of book was published by Noah Webster in 1806?
5. Which country invaded Uganda in 1979 and forced Amin out of power?
6. Both men who founded Apple had which first name?
7. Who was the last of the British Stuart monarchs?
8. Which British Royal announced her divorce in March 1976?
9. Which Royal Princess married Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1960?
10. Who did the Romans beat at the Battle of Cynoscephalae?
11. Which British city did the Romans call Camulodunum?
12. Which city was the capital of England under Roman rule?
13. Boers were colonists in South Africa who had originally come from which country?
14. Who became King of Scotland after Duncan I?
15. Which city was the capital of South Africa's Orange Free State?
