Year
What year was The Treaty of Waitangi Signed?
1840
Who is the New Zealander that was one of first people to climb Mount Everest ?
Sir Edmund Hillary
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"
Martin Luther King jr.
When did World War Two start?
1939
Who is the woman on the New Zealand 10 dollar note?
Kate Sheppard
What year did World War One end?
1918
Who was the American president during the American Civil War? - He is featured on the US penny.
Abraham Lincoln
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind".
Neil Armstrong
What is the deadliest war in History? (by deaths)
World War II (the total number of fatalities, including battle deaths and civilians of all countries, is estimated to have been 56.4 million -GWR)
What year was President J.F Kennedy assassinated?
1963
What year did man first land on the moon?
1969
Who was the first Maori chief to sign the Treaty of Waitangi?
Hone Heke
"An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind".
Mahatma Gandhi
What war did people hide inside a wooden horse to create a surprise attack?
Trojan War
In the 5,000 years of human history, what is the one disease that has been completely eradicated?
Smallpox (the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980.)
What year did America get their first Black President?
2008
Who is the longest reigning British monarch?
"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic".
Joseph Stalin
What was the first live televised war?
The Vietnam War
How many years did the 'One Hundred Years War' last?
116
When was the light bulb invented? - This was also the first time electricity had been used.
1879
Which English ruler banned Christmas?
Oliver Cromwell (ruled England 1643-1651)
"If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed."
Adolf Hitler
Which country celebrated 200 years of peace in 2014?
William Kemmler, back in 1890, was the first person to be killed using what lethal method?
Electric Chair (in New York, USA)