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What is James Bond's code name?
00 7
What is a flapper?
Flappers were a subculture of young Western women prominent after the First World War and through the 1920s who wore short skirts (knee height was considered short during that period), bobbed their hair, listened to jaz
Who are the Axis?
Germany, Italy and Japan
During World War II, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. Which country is Normandy in?
France
Anna, Elsa Kristoff and Olaf are all characters in what animated movie?
Frozen
What is the highest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
Who won WWI and who lost?
Allies won (Russia, US, CA, France, UK etc.)
Triple Entente lost (Austria-Hungary, Germany)
What country did Russia and Germany agree to split and control?
Hint - The invasion of this country caused Great Britain to declare war
Poland
During which war was a Christmas Truce called?
WWI
What kind of animal is the largest mammal in the world?
Blue Whale
What year was the first iPhone released?
2007
Name two major battles of WWI
Vimy, Battle of Ypres, Somme, Passchendaele, Amiens.
Germany defeated and occupied Poland (attacked in September 1939), Denmark (April 1940), Norway (April 1940), Belgium (May 1940), the Netherlands (May 1940), Luxembourg (May 1940), France (May 1940), Yugoslavia (April 1941), and Greece (April 1941).
Which two royal family members were divorced in 1996?
Prince Charles and Princess Diana
Who is the king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology?
Zeus
Which country is the largest in the world?
Russia
What is Trench Warfare? Why is it good, why is it bad?
Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which combatants are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. It is dirty, cold, wet and not easily defended if the enemy is coming from above or with gas.
What is D Day?
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day (after the mililtary term), it is the largest seaborne invasion in history. Canada landed on Juno Beach. The operation began the liberation of France, and the rest of Western Europe, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.
Which planet was downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006?
Pluto
What type of animal was the first to orbit the Earth in space?
Dog
What was the first animal to ever be cloned?
Sheep
What was life like in the 1930s? Explain a major contributor to life in the 1930s and why a dictator might be able to rise in power.
The Great Depression.
Buy now, pay later.
Over consumption and not much saving. Government overspending. A lot of reliance on the US economy. The Stock Market Crashed. People lived in poor and destitute conditions. Desperate people especially in post WWI Germany.
What is the difference between VE Day and VJ Day? What year did they take place?
Victory in Europe and Victory in Japan. Both in 1945
Which two countries signed the Good Friday Agreement in 1997? This agreement ended most of the violence of the Troubles, an aggressive and deadly national era.
Britain and Ireland
Which popular condiment was once sold as a medicinal cure for diarrhea?
Ketchup