iMind - World History Quiz

	Who was crowned 'Imperator Augustus' by Pope Leo III on Christmas day 800 AD?
	Charlemagne
	When the Portuguese built Casablanca in 1515 its original name only differed by one letter from its current name. What was it?
	Casabranca
	What is commonly know as the 'Zapruder film'?
	The Zapruder film is a silent, 8 mm colour home movie, shot by a private citizen named Abraham Zapruder, of the presidential motorcade of John F. Kennedy through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. The film is the most complete visual recording of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
	What did Napoleons' soldiers find in 1799 that would later prove invaluable to archaelogists and historians, among others?
	The Rosetta Stone
	Which 20th century dictator ordered that all sparrows in the land be killed?
	Mao Zedong, with a great deal of success although it backfired on him
	Who discoverered the Tristan da Cunha islands in 1506?
	Tristan (or Tristão) da Cunha
	In 1554 a Portuguese ships sighted a beautiful in East Asia and in an imaginative mood named it "Ilha Formosa", Beautiful Island. What is its current name?
	Taiwan
	What is the modern name of ancient Mesopotamia?
	Iraq
	Who was the last Queen of Pakistan?
	Queen Elizabeth II (until the declaration of the republic on 23rd March 1956)
	The St Valentine's Day Massacre took place in which city?
	Chicago
	Who was the Japanese emperor during the Showa era?
	Hirohito
	Who claimed responsibility for the kidnapping and murder of Italian prime minister Aldo Moro in 1978?
	The Red Brigades
	The Nazi regime was the III Reich. Which was the first?
	The Holy Roman Empire. (The second was the German Empire of 1871-1918.)
	Who was Alexander the Great's famous tutor?
	Aristotle
	Troops from (mainly) which country stormed Vimy Ridge in 1917?
	Canada
	What were the Janissaries?
	Christian troops fighting for the Ottoman Empire (1330-1826)
	Which German line lay opposite the French Maginot Line?
	The Siegfried Line
	The names of two items of clothing originated in the Crimean War. Which ones?
	Balaclava and cardigan
	In 1783 the Peace Treaty with the thirteen colonies of America gave Florida to Spain in compensation for what?
	Gibraltar
	Who was the first US president to be shot and survive (whilst in office)?
	Ronald Reagan (Theodore Roosevelt was shot while campaigning in 1912)
	Only one amendment to the US Constitution has ever been repealed. Which one?
	Eighteenth repealed by the twenty first (prohibition)
	Who fought a last stand against the Persians at Thermopylae?
	Leonidas, King of Sparta
	Which religious group was founded by Ignatius of Loyola?
	The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)
	Who was the first of Tudor Kings of England, crowned in 1485?
	Henry VII
	In which war did the battle of Majuba Hill take place?
	The First Boer War
	On which day is the Battle of the Boyne commemorated?
	The 12th of July, although the battle was fought on the first
	In what war did the crucial Battle of Bunker Hill take place?
	The American War of Independence
	Who was King of England during the American War of Independence?
	George III
	In what year was NATO founded?
	1949
	Which Irish president was born in Manhattan?
	Eamon de Valera (he never spelled his name 'Eamonn')
	The ancient region of Nubia is in which two modern counries?
	Egypt and Sudan
	In which century did the Black Death reach Britain?
	14th century (1348-50)
	Air Force One is the US President's plane. What is Marine One?
	A helicopter
	At the beginning of the War of American Independence, what was considered to be the 14th colony?
	Nova Scotia
	Eboracum is the roman name for which city?
	York
	How long did the 100 Years War last?
	116 years: 1337 - 1453 or 114 years: 1339 - 1453
	In 1579, the Netherlands achieved independence from which country?
	Spain
	In which country did Che Guevara die?
	Bolivia
	In which country is Waterloo, where the battle took place?
	Belgium
	In which war did jet aircraft first fight each other?
	The Korean War
	Only one South American country had a Monarchy. Which was it?
	Brazil
	Parker and Barrow were the surnames of which famous couple?
	Bonnie and Clyde
	Rorke's Drift was a battle in which war?
	The Zulu War
	Sitting Bull belonged to which tribe?
	Sioux
	The American M4 tank was better known by a General's name. What was it?
	Sherman
	The eruption of Mt Vesuvius that buried Pompeii also buried another town. Which one?
	Herculaneum
	The Poem "Defence of Fort McHenry" written during the bombing of Baltimore is now much better known by another name.
	The Star-Spangled Banner
	The War of Jenkin's Ear was waged between which two countries?
	Britain and Spain (1739)
	What is 1999 in Roman numerals?
	MCMXCIX
	What is the name of the German officer, who lived and died in Madrid, who rescued Mussolini?
	Otto Skorzeny
	What was Operation Dynamo in World War II?
	The evacuation at Dunkirk
	What was Operation Sea Lion in the Second World War?
	The invasion of Britain
	What was the code name for the American landings in Morocco in 1942?
	Operation Torch
	What was the name of Haile Selassie before he was crowned in 1930?
	Ras Tafari
	What was the name of the anti-missile missiles used by the US to shoot incoming Scud missiles in the first Gulf War?
	Patriot
	What was the name of the blind Benedictine monk who allegedly invented Champagne?
	Dom Perignon
	What was the name of the cult that Charles Manson lead which killed at least seven people?
	The Family
	What was the name of the spacecraft in which the first three astronauts were killed in a fire in 1967?
	Apollo I
	What was the Volstead Act?
	The National Prohibition Act named after Andrew J. Volstead which provided enforcement guidelines for the 18th Amendment.
	What were Little Boy and Fat Man?
	The two atom bombs dropped on Japan
	Which agreement resulted in the splitting of Germany?
	The Yalta agreement
	Which American City is named after a British Prime Minister?
	Pittsburgh
	Which American President saw active service in both World War I and World War II?
	Eisenhower
	Which battle does the French Foreign Legion celebrate every year?
	Camerone (Mexico - a defeat)
	Which city became the capital of the USA in 1788?
	New York
	Which civilization built Machu Picchu?
	The Incas
	Which political party's name means "Soldiers of Destiny" in its own language?
	Fianna Fáil (founded by Eamon de Valera in 1923 and first formed government in 1932)
	Which Republic exists in France since 1958?
	The Fifth Republic
	Which town was the scene of the gunfight at the OK Corral?
	Tombstone, Arizona
	Which two countries fought the Pastry War (La guerra de los pasteles) of 1838?
	Mexico and France
	Which two other countries joined the EEC at the same time as Ireland?
	Denmark and the UK
	Which was the last port of call of the Titanic?
	Queenstown (now known as Cobh, Co. Cork)
	Who did Henry VIII marry at the age of 18 (she was 24)?
	Catharine of Aragon
	Who first crossed the English channel by aeroplane?
	Louis Blèriot
	Who is the only American President to have served non-consecutive terms in office?
	Grover Cleveland
	Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
	Georges Pompidou
	Who was killed playing poker while holding a pair of aces and a pair of eights leading to the expression "dead man's hand"?
	Wild Bill Hickock
	Who was known as "the third mate of an American tramp"?
	Edward VIII (the Duke of Windsor)
	Who was the last British Prime Minister not to have a wife?
	Margaret Thatcher
	Who was the real spy (for the Germans) in the Dreyfuss Affair?
	Major Esterhazy
	Who were Teddy Roosevelt's "Rough Riders"?
	US volunteers who fought against the Spaniards in Cuba
	Alcock and Brown became well know by achieving what?
	The first non-stop trans-atlantic flight, in 1919. Lindbergh only achieved the first solo crossing nearly eight years later.
	In which decade does Stanley meet Livingstone, William I of Prussia become Kaiser of a united Germany, and the Paris Commune is set up?
	1870s
	In which decade does the Battle of Wounded Knee (the last Indian uprising) take place, Marconi invent the wireless, and the Dreyfuss Affair take place in France?
	1890s
	In which decade does the Indian Mutiny take place, work on the Suez Canal commences, and the Second Republic is overthrown in France and Louis Napoleon becomes Emperor Napoleon III?
	1850s
	In which decade was the Congress of Vienna held, Singapore founded by Sir Stamford Raffles, and Argentina and Chile become independent from Spain?
	1810s
	In which year did the Ottoman Empire collapse, the Baltic nations, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia become independent, and women over 30 are given the vote in Britain?
	1918
	In which year did the Yom Kippur War take place, Ceylon changed its name to Sri Lanka, and a revolution in Chile overthrows Presidente Allende?
	1973
	In which year does Lebanon become a republic, Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan, and Britain is hit by a nine-day General Strike?
	1926
	In which year does Panama gain independence from Colombia as a US protectorate, the first radio transmission between the US and Britain take place, and the first flight in a heavier than air machine take place?
	1903
	In which year does the Gold Coast (renamed Ghana) achieve independence, an unsuccesful Tibetan uprising causes the Dalai Lama to flee to India, and the Soviet Union launch the first artificial satellite?
	1957
	In which year was Malcolm X assasinated, Singapore became independent from Malaya, and Sir Winston Churchill died?
	1965
	The Roman Appian Way went from Rome to where?
	Brindisi (Brundusium)
	Enola Gay was the name of the bomber that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, but what was the name of the bomber that dropped it on Nagasaki?
	Bock's Car
	What did members of the Nazi SS have tattooed on their armpits?
	Their blood group