history
2. Who was the first Windsor monarch of the UK?
George V (reigned 1910-1936)
In 1979 which English art historian was exposed as a one-time Soviet spy and stripped of his knighthood?
Anthony Blunt
What tax was introduced in England and Wales in 1696 and repealed in 1851?
window wax
Who became president after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
Who discovered the vaccination against smallpox in 1796
Edward Jenner
What was the nickname of President Duvalier of Haiti, who died in 1971?
Papa Doc
In 1816 which US state was admitted to the Union as the 20th state
mississippi
Which book was published in London on April 25th, 1719?
Robinson Crusoe
Which Egyptian president ordered the seizure of the Suez Canal in 1956?
President Nassar
Which is the oldest University in the USA?
Harvard (founded 1636, in Cambridge Massachusetts)
Which battle of 1571 marked the end of the Ottoman naval supremacy in the Mediterranean?
The Battle of Lepanto
which year did the demolition of the Berlin Wall begin
1989
Who founded the Salvation Army in London, 1865?
William Booth
Which city is normally accepted as being the ancient capital of Wessex
Winchester
Who was the cult leader of the Waco Siege in 1993?
David Koresh
Nearly how many years did it take Sir Francis Drake to complete the first circumnavigation of the globe in 1580
3
Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI created which principality in 1719?
Lichtenstein
Who designed Regent’s Park in London in 1811?
John Nash
1. In which year was the death of Queen Elizabeth
1603
Name the second largest city in Britain during the Black Death
Bristol
Name the most famous battle of 1346
crecy
Saloth Sar, born 19 May 1925, is better known by what name
pol pot
The first day of which battle was the worst day in the history of the British Army, which suffered 60,000 casualties
Battle of the Somme
In 1297, at which battle did William Wallace defeat the English?
battle of Stirling Bridge
In which war was The Battle of Agincourt?
Hundred Years War