General Knowledge
Capital City of Japan
Tokyo
The continent that enslaved peoples originated from
Africa
Name a resource used in Britain during the industrial revolution
Sugar, tobacco, tea, wool, copper, zinc, iron etc.
the largest city in France
Paris
The first year of WWI
1914
Author of Hamlet
William Shakespeare
Direction of travel of the slave ships (North, South, East or West)
West
Who first patented the lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
The key method of execution used in the French Revolution
the Guillotine
Name of the city where the first atomic bomb was dropped
Hiroshima
The only country without a quadilateral shaped flag
Nepal
Name a commodity that enslaved persons produced on plantations.
Sugar, Tobacco, Cotton etc.
A term used to describe people moving from rural areas to cities
Urbanisation
The name of the main Imperial Palace up to 1789
Versailles
What year was the Battle of Hastings
1066
Author of the Iliad
Homer
Name a prominent Abolitionist
William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson
The name of the invention the Wright brothers successfully demonstrated in 1903
The aeroplane
Nickname of King Louis XIV
Sun King (le Roi Soleil)
The year of Christopher Columbus' voyage to the Americas
1492
World record time for men's 100m sprint (athletics)
9.58 - Usain Bolt
What year was the slave trade made illegal in the British Empire?
1807
Who invented the assembly line, which revolutionised mass production?
Henry Ford
The longest reigning monarch in history
Louis XIV
The name of the document that the 13 North American Colonies published prior to the American Revolutionary War