History Quiz #2

History Quiz #2

Questions

1. The Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879 featured in which war?
2. What was the nickname of President Duvalier of Haiti, who died in 1971?
3. Who was the first Windsor monarch of the UK?
4. in 1986 the prime minister of which European country was assassinated on his way home from the cinema with his wife?
5. Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI created which principality in 1719?
6. In which year did the demolition of the Berlin Wall begin?
7. In 1816 which US state was admitted to the Union as the 20th state?
8. In 1979 which English art historian was exposed as a one-time Soviet spy and stripped of his knighthood?
9. Southern Rhodesia became what country in 1980?
10. Who designed Regent's Park in London in 1811?
11. Who founded the Salvation Army in London, 1865?
12. Which Egyptian president ordered the seizure of the Suez Canal in 1956?
13. Who was the cult leader of the Waco Siege in 1993?
14. Who discovered the vaccination against smallpox in 1796?
15. In which European city did composer Richard Wagner die in 1883?
16. Who was the last British Viceroy of India?
17. Which country was first to operate an old age pension scheme?
18. What Apollo 13 astronaut contacted Mission Control with the words, "Houston, we've had a problem here.." ?
19. In which year did the Titanic sink?
20. What song, popular in the First World War, was written by George and Felix Powell?
21. Which comic strip animal devised by Otto Mesmer first appeared in 1931?
22. What was the name of Charles Lindbergh's plane in which he completed the first non-stop solo trans-Atlantic flight?
23. What was the name of the pandemic which killed over 1% of the world's population in 1918?
24. Who was UK Labour cabinet minister and social reformer Frank Pakenham better known as?
25. Which Wild West legend was born Henry McCarty?
26. Who invented the thermometer in 1593?
27. In which year did the UK hand over Hong Kong sovereignty to China?
28. The Wars of the Roses (1455-85) were fought between which two houses of England?
29. Who was the ruler of the USSR from 1917-22?

1. The Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879 featured in which war?

   Zulu War (or Zulu Wars). Incidentally Rorke's Drift was not the final battle of the Zulu Wars as wrongly stated here previously - it was the battle of Ulundi (thanks A Cherry)
2. What was the nickname of President Duvalier of Haiti, who died in 1971?

   Papa Doc
3. Who was the first Windsor monarch of the UK?

   George V (reigned 1910-1936)
4. in 1986 the prime minister of which European country was assassinated on his way home from the cinema with his wife?

   Sweden (Olof Palme)
5. Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI created which principality in 1719?

   Lichtenstein
6. In which year did the demolition of the Berlin Wall begin?

   1989
7. In 1816 which US state was admitted to the Union as the 20th state?

   Mississippi
8. In 1979 which English art historian was exposed as a one-time Soviet spy and stripped of his knighthood?

   Anthony Blunt
9. Southern Rhodesia became what country in 1980?

   Zimbabwe (The Independent Nation of Zimbabwe)
10. Who designed Regent's Park in London in 1811?

    John Nash
11. Who founded the Salvation Army in London, 1865?

    William Booth
12. Which Egyptian president ordered the seizure of the Suez Canal in 1956?

    President Nassar
13. Who was the cult leader of the Waco Siege in 1993?

    David Koresh
14. Who discovered the vaccination against smallpox in 1796?

    Edward Jenner
15. In which European city did composer Richard Wagner die in 1883?

    Venice
16. Who was the last British Viceroy of India?

    Lord Louis Mountbatten
17. Which country was first to operate an old age pension scheme?

    Germany (1891)
18. What Apollo 13 astronaut contacted Mission Control with the words, "Houston, we've had a problem here.." ?

    Jack Swigert
19. In which year did the Titanic sink?

    1912
20. What song, popular in the First World War, was written by George and Felix Powell?

    Pack up your Troubles in your Old Kit Bag
21. Which comic strip animal devised by Otto Mesmer first appeared in 1931?

    Felix the Cat
22. What was the name of Charles Lindbergh's plane in which he completed the first non-stop solo trans-Atlantic flight?

    Spirit of St Louis (achieved in 1927)
23. What was the name of the pandemic which killed over 1% of the world's population in 1918?

    Spanish Flu
24. Who was UK Labour cabinet minister and social reformer Frank Pakenham better known as?

    Lord Longford (7th Earl of Longford)
25. Which Wild West legend was born Henry McCarty?

    Billy the Kid, alias William H Bonney
26. Who invented the thermometer in 1593?

    Galileo
27. In which year did the UK hand over Hong Kong sovereignty to China?

    1997 (June 30th)
28. The Wars of the Roses (1455-85) were fought between which two houses of England?

    York and Lancaster
29. Who was the ruler of the USSR from 1917-22?

    Vladimir Lenin