HISTORY - MEGA QUIZZ
VOL 1
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1. The European Free Trade Association was established in which city in 1960?
History General
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2. What was the name of the first UK motorway between London and Leeds?
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3. The 1992 Charlottetown Accord involved amendments to the constitution of which country?
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4. The world's first Hard Rock Café opened in 1971 in which European city?
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5. The 1346 Battle of Crécy was fought between the French and which other nation?
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6. What was the surname of an infamous 1960s London crime pair?
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7. The 1951 Exhibition of Industrial Power was held in which UK city?
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8. The Sunningdale Agreement attempted to create peace in which location in 1973?
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9. What was polar explorer Robert Scott's middle name?
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10. What was defined by the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1868?
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11. What relation is Kenyan politician Uhuru Kenyatta to Jomo Kenyatta?
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12. The Teatro Filarmonico opera house was built in which Italian city in the 18th century?
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13. What is the name of the largest Egyptian pyramid?
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14. What was the destination of the Lusitania when it was sunk in 1915?
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15. What was the name of John D Rockefeller's oil company?
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VOL 2
1. Lord Louis Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of which country?
2. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected as head of state of which country in 2006?
3. Sault Sainte Marie was the first European settlement in which US state?
4. Keith Holyoake announced he was withdrawing which country's troops from Vietnam in 1971?
5. Nathan Hale was executed for doing what during the Revolutionary War?
6. Radovan Karadžić led which group in the Bosnian conflict?
7. Coya was a Queen of which ancient civilization?
8. British Governor-General Charles George Gordon is associated with which African city?
9. French heroine Joan of Arc's trial took place in which French city?
10. Battle of Bear Valley, the last battle in the American Indian Wars, took place in which state?
11. Operation Boot was the 1953 plot to overthrow the leader of which country?
12. Guanahateby people were the original inhabitants of which island?
13. Mercia was an 8th century kingdom in which country?
14. Laurent-Désiré Kabila was President of which country?
15. Frissia was a Dark Ages country in which modern state?
VOL 3
1. Ancient Egyptian society was built around the Nile flooding in which month of the year?
2. Which of the Nobel prizes did Nelson Mandela win?
3. Which musician was nicknamed "Satchmo"?
4. Which US President ended slavery?
5. Which country sent ships in an Armada to invade England in 1588?
6. Which Celtic queen revolted against the Romans?
7. Which US President had children called Caroline and John?
8. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written in which US state?
9. Who discovered America when he landed in the Bahamas in 1492?
10. Who did The Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson meet in Germany in 1937?
11. Which actress married baseball legend Joe DiMaggio?
12. William the Conqueror won a landmark battle in which town in 1066?
13. Which Civil Rights leader made the famous "I have a dream" speech?
14. Which country voted to leave the European Union in 2016?
15. Which country surrendered at the end of the Falklands War?
VOL 4
1. What was the surname of Neil, first man to walk on the moon?
2. What nationality was Wallis Simpson, who married Edward VIII after his abdication?
3. What was the first name of famous Wild West sharpshooter Ms Oakley?
4. The Russian Royal Family lived in which city before the Revolution?
5. What did Louis Braille base his writing system on?
6. Tomás de Torquemada acted as Inquisitor General in which European country?
7. The Battle of Saratoga took place in which US state?
8. Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder of a ruling dynasty in which country?
9. The term "Blitz" usually refers to the German bombing of which city?
10. What was the name of a wheeled vehicle pulled by horses in ancient Rome
11. What was the name of the stone which helped decipher hieroglyphics?
12. What shape was the Rubik toy which took the world by storm in the 80s?
13. What was first used to treat diabetes in 1922?
14. What was one of the main foods for the coastal Nez Perce tribe?
15. What did Charles Blondin cross on a tightrope in 1859?
VOL 5
1. Google was founded in which US state in 1998?
2. In which UK city was Queen Elizabeth I crowned in 1559?
3. Sanskrit is an ancient language from which part of the world?
4. Einstein emigrated to which country before WW2?
5. Doughboy was a nickname for soldiers from which country in WW1?
6. Deng Xiaoping was restored to power in the government of which country in 1977?
7. NASA launched the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph in 2013 to study what?
8. The Battle of Cross Keys was fought in which US state?
9. Franz Ferdinand was heir to the throne of which Empire when assassinated?
10. Daniel Boone established the town of Boonesborough in which US state?
11. Emperor Theodosius II was in charge of which empire?
12. Pontiac's Rebellion was action by Native Americans in which US state?
13. Hugo Chavez was elected President of which country in 1998?
14. Pedro Calderón de la Barca was famous for doing what in 17th century Spain?
15. Kennedy was elected to the US parliament in 1946 to represent which state?
VOL 6
1. 12 countries signed a treaty named after which city in 1992 to create the EU?
2. Which other country went decimal on the same day as the UK in 1971?
3. Which Emirate gained independence from the UK in September 1971?
4. Who became 21st US President in 1881?
5. Which country won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, held in England?
6. Who was the Egyptian god of the afterlife?
7. Both men who founded Apple had which first name?
8. Who led the British First Fleet into Australia in 1788?
9. Which eastern US city was largely destroyed by fire in 1904?
10. Which city was the capital of England under Roman rule?
11. Who was the last of the British Stuart monarchs?
12. Churchill said a curtain of which metal divided capitalist and communist Europe?
13. Which season was Shemu in Ancient Egypt?
14. Which Roman Emperor's mother was Agrippina the Younger?
15. Which country invaded Uganda in 1979 and forced Amin out of power?
