History by Letter: F

History by Letter: F

Questions

1. What is the surname of the most famous individual involved in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605?
2. What is the English-language name for the archipelago over whom Argentina and the UK fought a brief war in 1982?
3. Which Italian city was dominated by the Medici family during the Renaissance period?
4. Which Vice President took over as US President from Richard Nixon following his resignation in 1974?
5. Which Archduke's assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 served as an acute trigger for the First World War?
6. What "-ism" was pioneered by European dictators such as Benito Mussolini?
7. Which Spanish dictator, employing a form of the above leadership philosophy, led the country from 1939 until his death in 1975?
8. Which Jewish diarist hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic?
9. Which Scot is credited with the discovery of penicillin?
10. Which US Founding Father features on the modern $100 bill?
11. Which Austrian psychologist founded the practice of psycholanalysis?
12. By what name (in English) is the Chinese Imperial Palace (1420-1912) commonly known?
13. What tragedy by Goethe is about a man who makes a bargain with the Devil?
14. Which state in the southern US was ceded to them by the Spanish in 1819?
15. What governance system, including lords and vassals, was common throughout Europe during the Medieval period?
16. Which English scientist, a former assistant to Humphrey Davy, is credited with the discovery of electromagnetism?
17. Which group of organisations, symbolised by the Square and Compasses, operates on a system of local "lodges"?
18. What style of mural painting, onto wet plaster, was popular in Renaissance Italy? An example of the style is Michelangelo's ceiling in the Sistine Chapel.
19. The Colosseum in Rome is also known as the ________ Amphitheatre, after the dynasty of Emperors credited with its construction?
20. What Jazz Age term was used to describe a subculture of American women who commonly wore short skirts and short, bobbed hair?

1. What is the surname of the most famous individual involved in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605?

   Fawkes
2. What is the English-language name for the archipelago over whom Argentina and the UK fought a brief war in 1982?

   Falklands
3. Which Italian city was dominated by the Medici family during the Renaissance period?

   Florence
4. Which Vice President took over as US President from Richard Nixon following his resignation in 1974?

   Ford
5. Which Archduke's assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 served as an acute trigger for the First World War?

   Franz Ferdinand
6. What "-ism" was pioneered by European dictators such as Benito Mussolini?

   Fascism
7. Which Spanish dictator, employing a form of the above leadership philosophy, led the country from 1939 until his death in 1975?

   Franco
8. Which Jewish diarist hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic?

   Anne Frank
9. Which Scot is credited with the discovery of penicillin?

   Alexander Fleming
10. Which US Founding Father features on the modern $100 bill?

    Franklin
11. Which Austrian psychologist founded the practice of psycholanalysis?

    Freud
12. By what name (in English) is the Chinese Imperial Palace (1420-1912) commonly known?

    Forbidden City
13. What tragedy by Goethe is about a man who makes a bargain with the Devil?

    Faust
14. Which state in the southern US was ceded to them by the Spanish in 1819?

    Florida
15. What governance system, including lords and vassals, was common throughout Europe during the Medieval period?

    Feudalism
16. Which English scientist, a former assistant to Humphrey Davy, is credited with the discovery of electromagnetism?

    Michael Faraday
17. Which group of organisations, symbolised by the Square and Compasses, operates on a system of local "lodges"?

    Freemasons
18. What style of mural painting, onto wet plaster, was popular in Renaissance Italy? An example of the style is Michelangelo's ceiling in the Sistine Chapel.

    Fresco
19. The Colosseum in Rome is also known as the ________ Amphitheatre, after the dynasty of Emperors credited with its construction?

    Flavian
20. What Jazz Age term was used to describe a subculture of American women who commonly wore short skirts and short, bobbed hair?

    Flappers