A History Lesson

THE WORLD AT WAR

1 Who sat astride Copenhagen at Waterloo?

2 In World War II who did Winston Churchill refer to as, “the few”?

3 What title was given to military leaders of Japan until 1867?

4 What war was ended in 1713 by the Treaty of Utrecht?

5 Who led the victorious troops at the Battle of Issus in 333BC?

KINGS AND QUEENS

6 In which city were French kings crowned prior to 1825?

7 Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?

8 Who, executed in 1793 was played on film 145 years later by Norma Shearer?

9 Who is the only English king to be crowned on a battlefield?

10 What was the official residence of British monarchs throughout the 18th century?

IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME

11 Which European capital city was named after the Greek goddess of victory?

12 Who is the Greek goddess of love and beauty?

13 What food and drink did the Greek gods dine on?

14 Which Greek hero was portrayed by Brad Pitt in the movie Troy?

15 Which flower bears the name of the Greek mythological figure who rejected the love of Echo?

BETWEEN THE WARS

16 Which country was invaded by Italy in 1935 and assisted by Bob Geldof fifty years later?

17 Who was expelled from the Soviet Union on January 29, 1929?

18 In 1927 who completed the first solo non stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

19 What was the title of the personal manifesto published by Adolf Hitler in 1925?

20 What was ended in the USA in 1933 by the Blaine Act?

POLITICALLY CORRECT

21 How many different men preceded Tony Blair as a British Labour Prime Minister?

22 What three surnames did the First Lady of JFK have in her lifetime?

23 Who replaced Mo Mowlam as General Secretary for Northern Ireland in 1999?

24 In 1990 which Chancellor delivered Britain’s first televised Budget?

25 Who is the only person to have been the daughter of a 20th century Prime Minister, the mother of a 20th century Prime Minister and a Prime Minister herself?

WHAT’S ANOTHER YEAR?

26 What year witnessed the tragic death of Princess Grace of Monaco?

27 Name any year that Genghis Khan was alive

28 In what year did Richard Nixon announce his resignation as President?

29 In what year was Robert Kennedy assassinated?

30 What year witnessed the deaths of Telly Savalas, Ayrton Senna and John Candy?

ANSWERS TO WORLD AT WAR
1 The Duke of Wellington
2 The Allied pilots in the Battle of Britain
3 Shogun
4 The War of Spanish Succession
5 Alexander the Great

ANSWERS TO KINGS AND QUEENS
6 Rheims
7 Anne Boleyn
8 Marie Antoinette
9 Henry VII
10 St James Palace

ANSWERS TO ALL GREEK
11 Nike
12 Aphrodite
13 Ambrosia and nectar
14 Hercules
15 Narcissus

ANSWERS TO BETWEEN THE WARS
16 Ethiopia
17 Leon Trotsky
18 Charles Lindbergh
19 Mein Kampf
20 Prohibition

ANSWERS TO POLITICALLY CORRECT
21 Four
22 Bouvier, Kennedy, Onassis
23 Peter Mandelson
24 John Major
25 Indira Gandhi

ANSWERS TO YEARS
26 1982
27 1162 – 1227
28 1974
29 1968
30 1994