INVENTIONS
ENGLISH HISTORY
WORLD HISTORY
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
LONDON MUSEUMS
100

What popular children's toy was invented in Denmark?

LEGO

100

What was the name of England's last queen?

Elizabeth

100
What year did World War 2 end?

1945

100

Who was the King of the gods?

Zeus

100

How much is entrance to the British Museum?

Free 

200

In what country was paper money invented?

China 

200

Who was the British Prime Minister during World War 2? 

Winston Churchill

200

What did Istanbul used to be called?

Constantinople

200

Which Greek hero has a 1997 Disney film?

Hercules

200

Which London museum has a lot of dinosaurs and bones?

The Natural History Museum 

300

Who invented the airplane?

The Wright Brothers

300

With which country did England have 'The Hundred Years' War'? (1337-1453) 

France

300

Who was the first American president? 

George Washington

300

Which Greek hero killed Medusa?

Perseus 

300

The Science Museum is close to which park?

Hyde Park

400

Who invented dynamite?

Alfred Nobel

400

Which large country did England colonise from 1600–1947?

India

400

The Eiffel Tower was built to celebrate the 100th anniversary of which event? 

The French Revolution 

400

In Greek mythology, who made wings and then flew too close to the sun? 

Icarus

400

Which London museum shows a lot of objects to do with design and decorative arts? (CLUE: It is named after 2 people)

The Victoria and Albert Museum

500

When was the wheel invented?  (to the nearest 1000 years) 

4000 BC 

500

Who was the first British female Prime Minister

Margaret Thatcher

500

What year did the USSR end? 


1991

500

In Greek legends, what animal is half-man and half-bull? 

Minotaur

500

The most famous object in the British Museum is the ____________stone - the stone from which Ancient Egyptian heiroglyphs were first translated.

Rosetta