HISTORY - MEGA QUIZZ
VOL 1
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1. The Sunningdale Agreement attempted to create peace in which location in 1973?
History General
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2. What the first name of Ms Boothroyd, first speaker of the UK Houses of Parliament?
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3. What is Falun Gong, introduced in 1992?
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4. What is the second largest native American tribe after the Cherokee?
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5. Some of the oldest known human settlements were found at Jebel Irhoud in which north African country?
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6. Wethersfield was the first permanent European settlement in which US state?
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7. The Great Schism was an 11th century split in which religion?
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8. Sultan Mustafa II was removed as head of state of which country in 1703?
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9. What was the staple food in ancient Egypt?
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10. WEB Du Bois was a sociology professor in which US city?
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11. The first South Asian University was opened in 1857 in which city?
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12. What was the first name of 1960s Prime Minister Macmillan?
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13. Spain annexed which Caribbean island in 1539?
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14. The Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson lived after WW2 in which city?
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15. What was polar explorer Robert Scott's middle name?
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VOL 2
1. Joseph Jenkins Roberts was the first President of which independent African country?
2. Missionaries Henry and Eliza Spalding set up a mission in which US state in 1836?
3. Offa, king of Mercia, built Offa's Dyke to keep which nation out of his kingdom?
4. Baldwin of Boulogne was crowned as the first king of which Middle Eastern city in 1100?
5. Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was re-elected as Prime Minister of which country in 1998?
6. In which Spanish city did the Arab leader surrender to Spain in 1492?
7. Nok is an Iron Age civilization from which African country?
8. Civil rights campaigner Frederick Douglass was from which US state?
9. Keith Holyoake announced he was withdrawing which country's troops from Vietnam in 1971?
10. Pythagoras was a Greek expert in which field of maths?
11. In 1909, the Mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki, presented which type of trees to Washington DC?
12. Frenchman Henri de Tonty is known as the "Father" of which state?
13. Etienne Brule was looking for a route to which country when he explored Michigan in the 1620s?
14. In which former Soviet state was the Rose Revolution of 2003?
15. Charles Helu was elected President of which country in 1964?
VOL 3
1. Athapaskan is a family of languages spoken by native people in which continent?
2. Which ancient civilization buried its important people with the Book of the Dead?
3. Which US President had children called Caroline and John?
4. Which city was the centre of the 19th century California gold rush?
5. William of Orange was a nobleman from which European country?
6. "The Madness of King George" was about which King?
7. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written in which US state?
8. Which state did the US use for nuclear testing from 1951 to 1992?
9. Which ancient city was famous for its Hanging Gardens?
10. Who founded the National Woman Suffrage Association with Susan B Anthony?
11. 1975's "Operation Babylift" brought orphans to the UK from which country?
12. Which Civil Rights leader made the famous "I have a dream" speech?
13. Which General led the Confederate forces in the US Civil War?
14. Agrippina the Younger was married to which Roman Emperor?
15. Which musician was nicknamed "Satchmo"?
VOL 4
1. What was the name of the political system involving noblemen, peasants and serfs?
2. What cargo did protestors dump into Boston Harbor in 1773?
3. What was another name for the Roman Plebeian Council?
4. What was the surname of Zebulon, a famous 1800s explorer?
5. The British First Fleet sailed into which country in 1788?
6. The German 6th Army surrendered at which Soviet city in 1943?
7. What relation was Tsar Nicholas II to King George V of the UK?
8. What was the name of the wife of King George VI, who was later known as the Queen Mother?
9. The United Kingdom entered World War 2 after Germany invaded which country?
10. What is the first name of US President Taylor?
11. What was the most northerly of the original 13 colonies?
12. What shape was the Rubik toy which took the world by storm in the 80s?
13. The British surrendered to Washington at Yorktown in which state?
14. What was the first country to put men on the moon?
15. The ocean liner QE2 made its first crossing to which US city in 1969?
VOL 5
1. Errol Flynn was famous in which field in the 20th century?
2. Doughboy was a nickname for soldiers from which country in WW1?
3. The "Big Four" in WW1 were Britain, Italy, the US, and which other country?
4. Kurdistan was a troubled region in Turkey and which other country?
5. Tartan is a traditional fabric associated with which country?
6. In 1912, which was the first US state to introduce a minimum wage?
7. Jawaharlal Nehru called for the independence of which country in 1928?
8. During the 1950s, the US carried out nuclear testing in which state?
9. Pontiac's Rebellion was action by Native Americans in which US state?
10. Peter Minuit and the New Sweden Company established which of the original 13 colonies?
11. Politician Pim Fortuyn of which country was assassinated in 2002?
12. Franco was a military dictator of which country from 1939 to 1975?
13. Mozart and Beethoven are famous people in which field?
14. Queen Victoria's husband came from which European country?
15. Skylab was launched into space by which nation in May 1973?
VOL 6
1. Which city was the capital of the ancient English kingdom of Wessex?
2. Which country rejected the Maastricht treaty by a narrow margin in June 1992?
3. British Guiana became independent in 1966 as which country?
4. Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII, was from which country?
5. Which Royal Princess married Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1960?
6. An Egyptologist studies which ancient civilization?
7. Which word means the study of ancient texts?
8. Where was the Magna Carta signed in 1215?
9. Which illness was declared a world health emergency in 1993?
10. Boers came into conflict with Xhosa people in which country?
11. Which ancient place was known as "The Shining City"?
12. A Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was the first to reach which US state in 1542?
13. Which Emirate gained independence from the UK in September 1971?
14. Which British financial institution admitted women for the first time in March 1973?
15. Albert Einstein was born in which country, but took Swiss citizenship as an adult?
