HISTORY - MEGA QUIZZ
VOL 1
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1. The world's first Hard Rock Café opened in 1971 in which European city?
History General
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2. Walmart was founded in 1962 in which state?
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3. Viktor Yushchenko was elected President of which country after an "orange revolution"?
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4. What comes after "Order of the Golden" in the name of an order of chivalry?
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5. What is Fortnum and Mason's, which opened in London in 1707?
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6. The 1991–92 South Ossetia War was started by an invasion by which country?
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7. WEB Du Bois was a sociology professor in which US city?
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8. The Sunningdale Agreement attempted to create peace in which location in 1973?
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9. What replaced the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1995?
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10. The 1855 Point No Point Treaty was signed with Native Americans in which US state?
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11. Spain annexed which Caribbean island in 1539?
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12. What was the capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt?
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13. Vilcabamba was the last city of which civilization?
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14. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was established in which Ohio city in 1898?
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15. What famously opened at Longleat House in 1966?
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VOL 2
1. Missionaries Henry and Eliza Spalding set up a mission in which US state in 1836?
2. Eleusinian Mysteries were harvest celebrations in which ancient society?
3. Operation Boot was the 1953 plot to overthrow the leader of which country?
4. Mercia was an 8th century kingdom in which country?
5. In 1909, the Mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki, presented which type of trees to Washington DC?
6. Nathan Hale was executed for doing what during the Revolutionary War?
7. Gorm the Old was the first recognised monarch of which country?
8. Clothing retailer H&M was founded in 1947 in which country?
9. Operation Thunderbolt was a 1976 Israeli mission to release hostages in which African country?
10. During WW2, the former King Edward VIII was governor of which Caribbean country?
11. Miss Keeler, was caught up in a 1960s spy scandal, had which first name?
12. Burgess, Philby, and Maclean were accused of which crime in the 1960s?
13. Early Dutch settlers wanted to trade which animal's fur with the native Pequot?
14. In a monastery, what was a monk called a Sacrist in charge of?
15. James Oglethorpe established which southern city in 1733?
VOL 3
1. Which country voted to leave the European Union in 2016?
2. Who received a diary for her 13th birthday in 1942?
3. Writer Mark Twain was born in which US state?
4. A tube link from London to which airport was opened in 1977?
5. Anti-Communist senator McCarthy represented which state?
6. What was the term for the UK's adoption of a new currency in 1970?
7. Which country surrendered at the end of the Falklands War?
8. Who sang the "Star Spangled Banner" at Obama's second Inauguration?
9. Which city was the centre of the 19th century California gold rush?
10. Which civilization perfected calligraphy into an art form?
11. Which line split the free states from the slave states?
12. Which country sent ships in an Armada to invade England in 1588?
13. A rail bridge over which Scottish river collapsed in December 1879?
14. 19th century botanist and geneticist Gregor Mendel came from which country?
15. Which President signed the Emancipation Declaration in 1863?
VOL 4
1. What was the first name of Mrs Simpson who married King Edward VIII?
2. What comes after "Gettysburg" in famous words by Lincoln?
3. The guillotine was introduced as a method of execution in which country's revolution?
4. Tomás de Torquemada acted as Inquisitor General in which European country?
5. The German 6th Army surrendered at which Soviet city in 1943?
6. The government of which country imposed the Stamp Act on American colonists in 1765?
7. The British parliament declared in February 1775 that which colony was rebelling?
8. What was Aristotle's job in Ancient Greece?
9. What shape was the Rubik toy which took the world by storm in the 80s?
10. What did Charles Blondin cross on a tightrope in 1859?
11. The Brandenburg Gate reopened in the heart of which city in 1989?
12. What was the name for the French campaign against the Germans in World War 2?
13. What is the name of the Space Shuttle which broke up on launch in 1986?
14. What did Louis Braille base his writing system on?
15. What was a harpsichord?
VOL 5
1. Politician Pim Fortuyn of which country was assassinated in 2002?
2. Mark Zuckerberg was a student at which University when he invented Facebook?
3. Minamoto Yoritomo took the throne of which country in 1192?
4. Explorer Captain Cook came from which country?
5. Principia Mathematica was a 1687 work by which world-famous thinker?
6. Musician Louis Armstrong was from which US city?
7. Lederhosen are traditional German shorts made from which material?
8. German Johannes Kepler was famous in which field in the 17th century?
9. In which country did the Romans build Hadrian's Wall?
10. In WW2, what was the Luftwaffe?
11. Nicholas II was removed from the throne of which country in 1917?
12. Elvis served with the US Army in which European country?
13. Einstein emigrated to which country before WW2?
14. Nefertiti was queen of which country?
15. Fort Ticonderoga is a historic 18th century fort in which US state?
VOL 6
1. Which state was known as "Gateway to the West" in the 19th century?
2. Which British city did the Romans call Camulodunum?
3. Which British Prime Minister resigned during an economic crisis in 1976?
4. Which US island was formerly known as Bedloe's Island?
5. Which country experienced the Tulip Revolution of 2005?
6. Brian Mulroney resigned as Prime Minister of which country in 1993?
7. Who won the Republican Presidential nomination in 1984?
8. Assyrian people came from which part of the world?
9. Which campaigner was fined for voting illegally in the 1872 elections in the US?
10. Which king of England was nicknamed Longshanks?
11. A Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was the first to reach which US state in 1542?
12. Who wrote the prominent work "The Souls of Black Folk"?
13. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was heir to the throne of which country when he was shot in 1914?
14. Charles de Gaulle was elected President of which country in 1958?
15. Which method of transport was famous robbed in 1963 in England?
