Early Modern
Henry VIII's second wife? A) Catherine of Aragon B) Anne of Cleves C) Anne Boleyn D) Elizabeth I
C) Anne Boleyn
A) Tyler Perry B) Brad Pitt C) Jamie Foxx D) Jennifer Aniston
A) Tyler Perry
First Governor-General of India (1772--75). A) William Bentinck B) Warren Hastings C) George III D) Charles Cornwallis
B) Warren Hastings
One of the key organizers of the Great Exhibition of 1851:
A) Henry Ford B) Henry Cole C) Henry Asquith D) Henry Kissinger
B) Henry Cole (managed the Exhibition under the "Presidency" of Prince Albert)
Jamaican Man who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League in 1917 (and was also a prominent Pan-African movement leader):
A) W.E.B. Du Bois B) Norman Manley C) Marcus Garvey D) Usain Bolt
C) Marcus Garvey (b. 1887 in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica)
First Union Jack Flag designed by which monarch? A) James I B) Elizabeth II C) Henry VII D) Charles II
A) James I (1603)
First Welshman to become Prime Minister of the U.K.
A) David Lloyd George B) David Cameron C) H.H. Asquith D) Arthur Balfour
A) David Lloyd George
Important Battle in 1757 that saw the East India Company under Clive defeat the Nawab of Bengal and French allies:
A) Battle of Waterloo B) Battle of Plassey C) Battle of the Ganga D) Battle of Little Big Horn
B) Battle of Plassey
New Zealand was administered as part of the Colony of New South Wales until becoming a separate Crown colony, the Colony of New Zealand on this date:
A) 3 May 1841 B) 2 April 1777 C) 22 June 1892 D) January 20 1933
A) 3 May 1841
Eight years after the end of the Second Boer War and after four years of negotiation, an act of the British Parliament created the "Union of..." this country?
A) Namibia B) Zimbabwe C) Democratic Republic of the Congo D) South Africa
D) South Africa (The Union was a dominion that included the former territories of the Cape, Transvaal and Natal colonies, as well as the Orange Free State republic)
Problematic traveler/explorer dude known for his circumnavigation of the globe, 1577-1580.
A) Christopher Columbus B) Francis Drake C) Horatio Nelson D) Jack Sparrow
B) Francis Drake (his landing near California starting a scuffle with the Spanish...)
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex's first-born child (a grandchild of Elizabeth II): A) Princess Eugenie Windsor B) Princess Beatrice Windsor C) Prince Edward Philip Windsor D) Lady Louise Windsor
D) Lady Louise Windsor (b. 2003)
I don't know much about Canada, but here goes a Wikipedia search: During Queen Anne's War (1702 to 1713), the British Conquest of Acadia occurred in 1710, resulting in (this place????), other than Cape Breton, being officially ceded to the British by the Treaty of Utrecht.
A) Saskatchewan B) Chicago C) Nova Scotia D) The North Pole
C) Nova Scotia
The Indian National Congress, founded in 1885, held its first session in which city?
A) Madras B) Bombay C) Cawnpore D) Lucknow
B) Bombay
First Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the nation to independence...
A) Kwame Nkrumah B) Robert Mugabe C) Kofi Annan D) Desmond Tutu
A) Kwame Nkrumah
The first royal charter of the East India Company was signed by this monarch:
A) Henry VIII B) Elizabeth I C) James II D) George I
B) Elizabeth I (1600)
Sir Christopher Wren's Masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, was completed in which year? A) 1678 B) 1710 C) 1774 D) 1808
B) 1710
The world's first water-powered (this???) was founded in Northampton, England, in 1742:
A) cotton mill B) steel mill C) sanitation system D) car
A) Cotton Mill (Marvel's Mill)
The British established their first treaty ports in China after the First Opium War by the Treaty of Nanking in 1842. Which of these was NOT one of those five treaty ports?
A) Shanghai B) Canton C) Fuzhou D) Xi'an
D) Xi'an (an inland city)
A) Nigeria B) Kenya C) Seychelles D) Uganda
C) Seychelles
In 1613, during the rule of Tokugawa Hidetada of the Tokugawa shogunate, the British ship (??name of the ship???), under the command of Captain John Saris, was the first British ship to call on Japan.
A) Bounty B) Clove C) Endeavour D) Shoreham
B) Clove
Which of the following is considered the national sport of England? (via Google Search lol...)
A) Cricket B) Football (Soccer) C) Rugby D) Tennis
A) Cricket
One of the most popular tourist attractions in 18th c. London (according to my source, Pinterest), where members of the public could pay one penny to view suffering inmates:
A) The Tower of London B) Newgate Prison C) Tyburn Gallows D) Bedlam Asylum
D) Bedlam Asylum
The Indian Uprising of 1857 began in April, 1857 with protest action by Indian soldiers in which town?
A) Bombay B) Lucknow C) Meerut D) Cawnpore
C) Meerut (on 24 April Lieutenant Colonel George Carmichael-Smyth, the unsympathetic commanding officer of the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry, ordered 90 of his men to parade and perform firing drills. All except five of the men on parade refused to accept their cartridges...)
This country is ranked #1 in the all-time medal count of the Commonwealth Games with 2,415 total medals...
A) Canada B) Australia C) England D) India
B) Australia