In what year was 'The Battle Of Hastings' fought?                                                  1166                     1010                     1066                     1650                     cWho was fabled to be the Wizard to King Arthur?                                                    Beowolf                  Merlin                   Zackee                   melchee                  bWho invented the telephone?                                                                        James Watt               John Logie Beard         Alexanda Graham Bell     James Arkwright          cIn what year were the first buildings of the Pyramids                                              2500 BC                  3000 BC                  1050 BC                  1000 BC                  aWho invented 'The Mule' used in the textile industry in the 1800's?                                Arkwright                Hargreaves               Crompton                 Baley                    cIn what year did the Romans invent the Water-Mill?                                                 250 BC                   500 BC                   250 AD                   500 AD                   aIn what year did Windmills first come in to use?                                                   1000 BC                  200 AD                   600 AD                   1000 AD                  dWho invented the Microscope?                                                                       G.Della porta            Leonardo Da Vinci        Zacharias Janssen        Archimedes               cWho invented the Telescope?                                                                        William Gilbert          J.Kepler                 William Morrison         Gary J. Forbes           bWho invented the Thermometer?                                                                      J.G. Celsius             F. Centigrade            G.D. Fahrenheit          P.J. Theos               cWho built the first Steam Engine?                                                                  James Watt               James Pratt              Paul Watt                Ian Watt                 aIn what year was the first Model Steam Engine built?                                               1765                     1865                     1665                     1565                     aWho invented the Water-Frame in 1764 used for Mechanical Spinning of yarn                          Watt                     Arkwright                Townsend                 Peterson                 bWho invented the 'Spinning Jenny' used in the textile industry in the 1800s?                       Arkwright                Hargreaves               Peterson                 Phillips                 bIn what year was the 'Ironbridge' built at Coalbrookdale?                                          1779                     1789                     1679                     1579                     aWho invented the Miners Safety Lamp in 1815?                                                       James Watt               Peter Watt               Humphry Davy             P.J. Ustinov             cWho invented the first Locomotive                                                                  P. Clay                  George Stephenson        Larry Stephenson         Denis Papin              bIn what year did George Stephenson invent the first Locomotive?                                    1888                     1855                     1799                     1814                     dWho patented the first Steel Making Process in England in 1855?                                    Henry Bessemer           Earl Bissard             J.J. Massey              Paul Sasson              aWho was the inventor of Dynamite?                                                                  Elias Howe               Alfred Nobel             G. Morse                 Ambrose Jefferson        bWho Invented the Telephone?                                                                        James Watt               A.G. Bell                Andre Tele               Mace Patterson           bWhat did Marie & Pierre Curie discover in 1898?                                                    Uranium                  Plutonium                Radium                   Strontium                cIn what year was the Wright Brothers first motor flight?                                           1900                     1889                     1909                     1903                     dWhat nationality was Ambrose Flemming the inventor of the Thermionic Valve?                        American                 French                   English                  German                   cIn what year where the first TV transmissions?                                                     1922                     1936                     1941                     1925                     dWho flew the Atlantic by Aeroplane in 1927?                                                        Lindbergh                Lindenburgh              Litten                   Wright                   aIn what year was the first Atomic Bomb exploded?                                                   1945                     1942                     1939                     1944                     aIn what year was Nylon invented?                                                                   1980                     1956                     1902                     1938                     dWho Invented the Hovercraft?                                                                       Otto Halm                W. Friesse Green         Leiben Peters            C.S. Cockerell           dIn which year was Gagarin to become the first man in space?                                        1961                     1958                     1959                     1964                     aWhich of Henry VIII's wives said "My neck is very slender"?                                        Anne Boleyn              Lady Jane Grey           Anne of Cleeves          Catherine of Aragon      aIn what year was the Silver Jubilee for the Queen & Prince Philip?                                 1976                     1977                     1978                     1975                     bWhich was the first jetliner to be flown commercially?                                             Boeing 737               Jumbo                    Tristar                  Comet                    dWhere did Adolf Hitler study art?                                                                  London                   Leicester                Liverpool                Swansea                  cWhat is Margaret Thatcher's maiden name?                                                           Green                    Roberts                  Lincoln                  Masters                  bWhat country declared war on Germany and the Allies in World War II?                               Russia                   Japan                    Spain                    Italy                    dWhich English Queen lived longer than all her 17 children?                                         Queen Victoria           Queen Mary               Queen Anne               Queen Alexandra          cWhere was Christopher Columbus born?                                                               Spain                    Italy                    England                  France                   bWhat country gave up Florida to the U.S. in 1819?                                                  Italy                    Spain                    England                  Holland                  bWhich Prime Minister followed Harold Macmillan?                                                    Harold Wilson            Edward Heath             Sir Alec Douglas-Home    Michael Foot             cWhich European country was first to drink tea?                                                     France                   Holland                  Spain                    England                  bWho was Queen Victoria's grandfather?                                                              George II                Edward V                 George III               Henry VIII               cWhich battle took place on 21 October 1805?                                                        Waterloo                 Bosworth                 Highcross                Trafalgar                dWhat exploded outside the Houses of Parliament in 1869?                                            A Bomb                   Combustion Engine        First Traffic Lights     A Barrel Of Gunpowder    cIn what year was a state of emergency called due to dock and power strike?                         1969                     1970                     1978                     1985                     bWhat used to be called "peelers"?                                                                  Policemen                Bell-Ringers             Kitchen Hands            Street Cryers            aWho discovered Victoria Falls?                                                                     Christopher Columbus     Sir Francis Drake        David Livingstone        Marco Polo               cIn what year did Israeli commandos free 103 hostages from Entebbe airport?                         1973                     1976                     1979                     1982                     bWhich member of royal family was first to give interview on TV?                                    Princess Anne            Prince Charles           Queen                    Prince Philip            dHow long was Leningrad under seige in World War II?                                                50 days                  200 days                 609 days                 880 days                 dIn what year was the three-day week?                                                               1971                     1973                     1974                     1975                     cWhat is the minimum age requirement to be president of USA?                                        35                       40                       45                       50                       aWho was first prime minister to serve Queen Elizabeth II?                                          Chamberlain              Churchill                Lloyd-George             Macmillan                bWhat political party was formed in 1900?                                                           Liberal                  Labour                   Conservative             SDP                      bWho said "The Crown is not my right and it pleaseth me not"?                                       Elizabeth I              Lady Jane Grey           Mary Queen of Scots      George VI                bWhere was the Great Trial held?                                                                    Nuremburg                Berlin                   Stutgart                 Cologne                  aWhen was the battle of Agincourt?                                                                  1610                     1415                     1545                     1325                     bWhen was the battle of Waterloo?                                                                   1805                     1810                     1815                     1820                     cWhen was the battle of Trafalgar?                                                                  1785                     1815                     1750                     1805                     dWho was Montgomery's great adversary?                                                              Herman Goering           Adolf Hitler             Erwin Rommel             Admiral Yamamoto         cWho first proposed the Theory of Relativity?                                                       Einstein                 Avogadro                 Faraday                  Nobel                    aWhat ship was scuttled off Montevideo?                                                             Bismark                  Victory                  Graf Spee                Colditz                  cWhich B52 dropped the H-bomb over Hiroshima?                                                       Big Blue                 Baby Jane                Lady Jayne               Enola Gay                dWho was Nelson's mistress?                                                                         Emma Hamilton            Josephine                Molly Malone             Anne Hathaway            aIn what plane did Linburgh fly the Atlantic?                                                       The New York Sunrise     The Destination Paris    The Spirit of St Louis   The Rosalind My Wife     cWhose fleet was scuttled in Scapa Flow?                                                            Japanese                 Russian                  French                   German                   dWho was the only British P.M. to be assassinated?                                                  Spencer Percival         William Gladstone        Frederick Jones          Arthur Marlborough       aWho stole the Crown Jewels in 1671?                                                                Henry Liver              Thomas Legg              Philip Martin            Thomas Blood             dWho did Princess Margaret marry?                                                                   Peter Townsend           Roddy Llewelyn           Tony Armstrong-Jones     Richard Burton           cWho fought in the battle of Tsushima?                                                              Japan & China            Japan & USA              Japan & Russia           China & Vietnam          cIn what year did Savonarola die?                                                                   1450                     1690                     1548                     1498                     dWhich Inca King confronted Pisarro?                                                                Quetzacoatl              Popacatapetl             Atalqualpa               Cicero                   cWho was Disraeli's great adversary?                                                                Gladstone                Balfour                  Whigg                    Peel                     aIn what year was the peasant's revolt?                                                             1226                     1537                     1381                     1810                     cIn which street did Sherlock Holmes live?                                                          Oxford street            Liverpool street         Old Kent road            Baker street             dWho invented the character Sherlock Holmes?                                                        Graham Greene            Sir Arthur Conan Doyle   Rudyard Kipling          John Le Carre            bWhere did Vasco de Gama sail in 1498?                                                              Mexico                   Argentina                China                    India                    dWhere was Tolstoy murdered?                                                                        Russia                   Cuba                     Mexico                   Hungary                  cIn what year was the charge of the Light Brigade?                                                  1850                     1798                     1854                     1872                     cIn what year was the battle of Gettysburg?                                                         1863                     1884                     1914                     1854                     aWho lead the charge of the Light Brigade?                                                          Lord Raglan              Lord Kitchener           Winston Churchill        Lord Marlborough         aWhich infamous dictator did Nostradamus foresee?                                                   Mussolini                Hitler                   Stalin                   Lenin                    bWhich volcano destroyed Pompeii?                                                                   Etna                     Vesuvius                 Krakatoa                 Fuji                     bIh what year was Mafeking besieged?                                                                The Great war            The Boer war             The Spanish Civil war    The war of Independence  bHow many people died of flu between 1918 and 1919?                                                 500,000                  2,000,000                20,000,000               4,000,000                cWhat was the name of Dick Turpin's horse?                                                          Black Beauty             Black Bess               Blackie                  Silver Crown             bIn which town was the famous witch-hunt of 1692?                                                   St. Albans               Virginia                 Salem                    Cirencester              cWhat was the 4th field termed in the 4 field crop rotation system?                                 Fallow                   Derelict                 Deceased                 Churned                  aWhere was the Magna Carta signed?                                                                  Runnymeade               Hampton Court            Westminster              Yorkminster              aWho met with Stalin at Yalta?                                                                      Hitler and Mussolini     Churchill and Roosevelt  Mussolini                Yamamoto                 bWhat was Goerring in the Great War?                                                                Tank driver              General                  Pilot                    Train driver             cWhat date is Bastille Day in Paris celebrated?                                                     14th July                22nd August              13th July                30th June                aIn what year did Queen Elizabeth come to the throne?                                               1953                     1952                     1954                     1951                     bIn what year was the battle of Colenso?                                                            1805                     1943                     1918                     1899                     dWhat was Marble Arch famous for in the 18th Century?                                               War Memorial             Public Hangings          Arch of Triumph          Public Speaches          bIn which battle did Lord Nelson die?                                                               Waterloo                 Khartoum                 Trafalgar                Naples                   cWho was America named after?                                                                       Amerigo Vesspussi        Americano Frascatti      James Americana          Francesca Americana      aWhen was the Festival of Britain?                                                                  1945                     1947                     1953                     1951                     dWhen was James Hunt World Champion?                                                                1975                     1979                     1974                     1981                     aHow was Lawrence of Arabia killed?                                                                 Drowned at sea           Died in battle           Died of T.B.             Motorcycle accident      dWhen was the Iranian Islamic revolution?                                                           1977                     1978                     1979                     1980                     cWhat aeroplane was called the Wooden Wonder?                                                       Spitfire                 Lancaster                Mosquito                 Belfast                  cWhat country was Mountbatten associated with?                                                      Java                     Burma                    Ceylon                   Tibet                    bWhen did the Romans invade Britain?                                                                300 BC                   55BC                     55AD                     1066AD                   bWhen was the Great Fire of London?                                                                 1660                     1666                     1670                     1674                     bWhere did The Great Fire of London start?                                                          Pie Corner               Threadneedle Street      Whitehall                Pudding Lane             dWhere did the Great Fire of London end?                                                            Pudding Lane             Tart Avenue              Pie Corner               Westminster              cWho is the Father of British Photography?                                                          Fox Talbot               Henry Kodak              Tom Brownie              Harry Flex               aWhich Roman Emperor was the wall dividing England and Scotland named after                         Julius                   Nero                     Augustus                 Hadrian                  dWho was the Winged Messenger?                                                                      Venus                    Busby                    Mercury                  Pegasus                  cWhich two countries contested the Battle of Trafalgar?                                             Britain/Spain            France/Britain           Portugal/Britain         France/Spain             bWhat was the name of Nelson's Flag Ship?                                                           Hispaniola               Mayflower                Victory                  Cutty Sark               cWhich county was "Kiss me Hardy" born?                                                             Hampshire                Sussex                   Dorset                   Devon                    cWhere was the Normandy Tapestry made?                                                              Dieppe                   Paris                    Rhiems                   Bayeaux                  dWho was the father of Queen Elizabeth I?                                                           Charles I                Henry V                  Henry VIII               Edward III               cWho was the father of Queen Elizabeth II                                                           Charles II               Edward VII               Charles V                George VI                dWho was the Great Lord Protector of England?                                                       Cardinal Wolsey          Thomas the Beckett       Oliver Cromwell          Lord Wellington          cWho was the Son King of France?                                                                    Louis X                  Louis XV                 Andre V                  Pierre I                 bWhat was Stalin's daughter's name?                                                                 Ludmeela                 Nadia                    Olga                     Svetlana                 dWhat is St Petersberg now called?                                                                  Moscow                   Warsaw                   Leningrad                Stalingrad               cWho was the first leader of the SDP?                                                               Roy Jenkins              David Steel              Shirley Williams         Jeremy Thorpe            aWhat year did Dr Beeching write his famous report which closed one-third of the railway?           1959                     1961                     1963                     1965                     cAbout whom was it asked "Would you buy a used car from this man?"                                  Harold Wilson            Edward Kennedy           Linden B Johnson         Richard Nixon            dHow many years did the prohibition of alcohol last in the USA.?                                    5                        10                       14                       19                       cWhere was the investiture of Prince Charles as the Prince of Wales held?                           Caernarvon Castle        Swansea Castle           Caerphilly Castle        Cardiff Castle           aWhich country held its first and last Grand Prix in 1939?                                          Poland                   Yugoslavia               Hungary                  Sweden                   bIn what year did Scott die trying to reach the South Pole?                                         1908                     1912                     1914                     1916                     bWho was the first printer in England?                                                              John Pickering           William Burns            William Caxton           Peter Litho              cWhich Country blocked Britain's entry into the Common Market in 1967?                              Belguim                  Sweden                   Holland                  France                   dWhich nation came into being on 1st January 1979?                                                  Iran                     Zimbabwe                 Republic of South Africa Cambodia                 bHow many days was the Titanic at sea before sinking?                                               2                        4                        6                        8                        bWhen did Britain join the Common Market?                                                           1969                     1970                     1971                     1972                     dWho was the first Conservative leader to be elected by ballot?                                     Edward Heath             Margaret Thatcher        Winston Churchill        Harold MacMillan         aWhat did George Gallop invent?                                                                     Horse racing             Show jumping             Opinion polls            Elixir for gout          cWhich spacecraft did Yuri Gagarin make the first flight in space?                                  Volkov I                 Vostok I                 Sputnik II               Valkir II                bWho sang 'The King Of Spain's Beard'?                                                              Christopher Columbus     Sir Walter Raleigh       Nelson                   Francis Drake            dWhen did Margaret Thatcher become Prime Minister?                                                  1977                     1978                     1979                     1980                     cWho reached the summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953?                               Tenzing                  Scott                    Hunt                     Bourdillon               aWhen was the last execution under the death penalty in England?                                    1950                     1958                     1962                     1964                     dWhich English city very nearly went bankrupt in 1985?                                              London                   Liverpool                Leicester                Manchester               bWhich famous London store first opened in 1909?                                                    Harrods                  John Lewis               Selfridges               Marks and Spencer        cWho was Chancellor of the Exchequer prior to Nigel Lawson?                                         Sir Geoffery Howe        Dennis Healey            Roy Jenkins              R A Butler               aWho was World Champion Racing Driver in 1971?                                                      James Hunt               Jackie Stewart           Alan Jones               Nikki Lauder             bWhen was the ship "Mary Rose" raised from the Solent?                                              1981                     1985                     1984                     1982                     dWhat chain of department stores began in 1879?                                                     Woolworths               Marks and Spencer        Lewis's                  C and A                  aWhich country did Russia invade in 1968?                                                           Poland                   Yugoslavia               Czechoslovakia           Afghanistan              cThe Church of St Bartholomew The Great survived what tragedy?                                      World War I              World War II             The great flood          The Fire of London       dWhat does an M.P. want if he asks for "the Chiltern Hundreds"?                                     A raise in salary        To resign                A Car loan               A Mortgage               bWhat was Nelson reported as saying to Hardy when he laying dying at the Battle of Trafalgar?       Kiss me                  Pray for me              Get a Priest             I'm sorry                aIn what year did Cape Kennedy get changed to Cape Canaveral?                                       1971                     1973                     1974                     1975                     bIn what year was the driving test made compulsory in Britain?                                      1920                     1925                     1930                     1935                     dIn what year was the Green Peace ship sunk in a New Zealand harbour?                               1983                     1984                     1985                     1986                     cWhat was the name of the Green Peace ship that was sunk in a New Zealand harbour?                  Green Peace Warrior      Rainbow Warrior          Rainbow Peace            Peaceful Mission         bWho was responsible for the sinking of the ship Rainbow Warrior in 1985?                           The French               The Americans            The Russians             The Germans              aWhat famous British dish was created in 1865?                                                      Hotpot                   Irish Stew               Toad in the Hole         Fish and Chips           dWhen did the Boer War start?                                                                       1785                     1840                     1886                     1899                     dWhat period of Art lasted from 1435 to 1545?                                                       Impressionists           Renaissance              Cubism                   Surrealism               bHow old was Elizabeth I when she came to the throne?                                               19                       21                       25                       30                       cIn what year did British TV change from 405 to 625 transmitting lines?                             1960                     1964                     1969                     1975                     bWhich king succeeded George I                                                                      George II                Edward V                 Edward VII               Henry VI                 aWho was given the name "Yorkshire Ripper" in the early 1980's?                                     Peter Brady              Moira Hindley            Peter Sutcliffe          Ronald Kray              cAt what age did Gladstone become Prime Mininster for the fourth time?                              60                       69                       73                       84                       dWhat was the first B.B.C. broadcast made in 1922?                                                  A Play                   A Debate                 A News Bulletin          Music                    cWhen was the first B.B.C. broadcast made?                                                          1920                     1922                     1924                     1926                     bWhich famous person had a trip on Concorde for an 80th birthday?                                   Dame Edna                The Queen Mother         Jane Mansfield           Dame Vera Lynn           bWho was acquitted from a drug-dealing charge in August 1984 in America?                            Paul McCartney           David Bowie              John Guinness            John De Lorean           dHow soon after Germany did Japan surrender in World War II?                                        3 weeks                  6 weeks                  3 months                 6 months                 cIn what year was the Red Cross formed in Geneva?                                                   1864                     1870                     1884                     1885                     aWhen was Britain's first underground carpark opened?                                               1931                     1948                     1952                     1954                     aHow long was the Liberal Party in power before forming a coalition in 1915?                        4 years                  6 years                  8 years                  10 years                 dHow much did America pay to Russia for Alaska in 1867?                                             $5,000,000               $7,000,000               $10,000,000              $50,000,000              bWhich company bought Bell's Whisky in 1985?                                                        Inde Coope               Guiness                  Mitchells & Butlers      Manns                    bWhat did Queen Victoria own that played the National Anthem whenever she sat down?                 Cushion                  Petticoat                Girdle                   Bustle                   dIn what year did Queen Victoria die?                                                               1899                     1901                     1903                     1905                     bWhat speed limit was imposed on all British roads in December 1973?                                50 mph                   60 mph                   70 mph                   80 mph                   aWhich minster was badly damaged by fire in 1984?                                                   Westminster              Worcester                York                     Salisbury                cWhat was first introduced to Britain in 1948?                                                      Income Tax               Purchase Tax             PAYE                     National Health Service  dWho invented vulcanized rubber in 1839?                                                            Charles Goodyear         Pirelli                  John Michelin            Dunlop                   aWho was the first monarch to broadcast on radio?                                                   Queen Victoria           King Edward VII          King George V            Queen Elizabeth II       cIn what year did Russia invade Afghanistan?                                                        1970                     1972                     1976                     1979                     dHow much did the first British driving licence cost?                                               One shilling             five shillings           seven shillings          ten shillings            bWhen were driving licences first issued in Britain?                                                1899                     1901                     1902                     1903                     dWho did Jeremy Thorpe succeed as Liberal leader in 1967?                                           Grimond                  Chamberlain              Steel                    Janner                   aWho was the first Roman Catholic President of the U.S.A.?                                          L B  Johnson             J F  Kennedy             R  Nixon                 R  Reagan                bWhen was the last public execution by guillotine in France?                                        1878                     1897                     1915                     1939                     dUntil 1914, Egypt was a part of which Empire?                                                      British                  Spanish                  Ottoman                  Persian                  cWho was the youngest man to win the Nobel Peace Prize?                                             Martin Luthor King       Dr Mugabe                Booker T Washington      Dr Christian Barnard     aHow many elections did the Labour Party win under Harold Wilson's leadership?                      1                        2                        3                        4                        dWhich Greek physician is ofter called "The Father of Medicine"?                                    Aphrodities              Anaesthesia              Hippocrates              Hypochondria             cIn what year did Edward Heath dismiss Enoch Powell from the Cabinet?                               1966                     1968                     1970                     1971                     bHow many years did Queen Victoria rule England?                                                    5                        39                       56                       64                       dIn what year were National Identity Cards abolished in Britain?                                    1948                     1950                     1952                     1954                     cWhich King was Sarah Bernhardt reputed to be mistress to?                                          Edward VII               Henry VIII               George I                 George II                aWho invented the scales?                                                                           Greeks                   Romans                   Chinese                  Egyptians                dWhat did the British drink 26 gallons per head of, in 1981?                                        Beer                     Water                    Milk                     Wine                     cIn what year were X-rays discovered?                                                               1895                     1935                     1952                     1969                     aWho did Michael Foot succeed as leader of the Labour Party?                                        Harold Wilson            James Callaghan          Dennis Healey            Neil Kinnock             bThe town of Telford was named after the man who built what                                         Roads                    Bridges                  Canals                   Railways                 cIn what year did Mark Rolle introduce Old Age Pensions?                                            1787                     1850                     1892                     1905                     aWhich church was John Wesley the founder of?                                                       Anglican                 Methodists               Baptists                 Church of Christ         bWhat is an official report of debates in the Houses of Parliament called?                          White Paper              Hansard                  Ombudsman                Debatum                  bWhere was the worst earthquake suffered in 1985?                                                   San Francisco            Japan                    Mexico City              Italy                    cWhen was the first human heart transplant operation carried out?                                   1965                     1967                     1970                     1975                     bWhere did the oil tanker Torrey Canyon go aground in 1967?                                         St. Ives                 Newquay                  Lands End                Southampton              cTommy Johns has been arrested 2000 times in Queensland for what crime?                             Stealing sheep           Brawling                 Drunkeness               Stealing eggs            cHow old was John F Kennedy when he became President in 1960?                                       30                       38                       41                       43                       dWho organised the Red Army in the civil war of 1918 to 1921?                                       Trotsky                  Stalin                   Mussolini                Lenin                    aWhen were "teabags" first produced?                                                                1974                     1968                     1939                     1920                     dWhen were the British General Elections held, in 1983?                                             April                    May                      June                     July                     cWho was known as the "Kingmaker"?                                                                  Cardinal Wolsey          The Earl of Warwick      Oliver Cromwell          Simon De Montfort        bWhat city is the centre of the Morman Religion?                                                    Salt Lake                Atlanta                  Indianapolis             Minneapolis              aIn 1962, Russia dismantled a missile base in which country?                                        Poland                   Chile                    Cuba                     Korea                    cWhen did the Post Office first introduce 1st and 2nd class mail system?                            1952                     1959                     1965                     1968                     dWhat is the lowest recorded number of votes for a candidate in an election?                        0                        50                       101                      221                      aWhich country became the 10th Member of the E.E.C. in 1981?                                        England                  Greece                   Spain                    Italy                    bIn which "service" did Rimsky-Korsakov serve?                                                      Civil Service            Army                     Air Force                Navy                     dIn what year was the Suez Canal opened?                                                            1869                     1870                     1872                     1892                     aWhat did the Motor Car Act of 1903 raise the speed limit to?                                       10 mph                   15 mph                   20 mph                   30 mph                   cWhen did Prohibition end in the U.S.A.?                                                            1919                     1933                     1938                     1948                     bWhich Cathedral did Sir Giles Gilbert Scott design?                                                Chester                  Worcester                York                     Liverpool                dWhat was the estimated world population in 1983?                                                   3150 million             3950 million             4650 million             5000 million             cWhich country had the worst volcano disaster in 1984?                                              Columbia                 Italy                    Mexico                   Hawaii                   aHow many lives were lost on the Titanic?                                                           900                      1121                     1413                     1513                     dWhen did America declare war on Germany?                                                           1939                     1940                     1941                     1942                     cWhen was the National Socialist German Workers Party formed by Adolf Hitler?                       1915                     1919                     1922                     1928                     bWhat territoral limit did Iceland make in 1971 which caused a confrontation with Britain?          50                       60                       70                       80                       aWhen did the farthing cease to be legal tender in Britain?                                         1945                     1950                     1960                     1965                     cWhat was Britain's best selling car from 1975 to 1978?                                             Ford Escort              Mini                     Marina                   Cortina                  dWhich post-war Prime Minister was in office for the shortest time?                                 Harold Wilson            Alec Douglas Home        Edward Heath             James Callaghan          bWhen did Winston Churchill first become a Member of Parliament?                                    1900                     1910                     1923                     1930                     aWhat "first" is Valentina Tereshkova famous for?                                                   Most Olympic Medals      Woman Racing Driver      Woman in Space           Woman to fly Atlantic    cWhat is Cambodia now called?                                                                       Korea                    Taiwan                   Saigon                   Kampuchea                dIn the 1950's Myxomatosis nearly wiped out the population of which animal?                         Fox                      Rabbit                   Pig                      Deer                     bWho was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain ?                                                William Pitt             Robert Walpole           Robert Peel              Earl of Wilmington       bWhich Prime Minister was known as "The Great Commoner ?                                            Lord North               William Pitt             Ernie Bevan              Ramsey Macdonald         bWho was the Earl of Beaconsfield ?                                                                 William Gladstone        Lloyd George             Stanley Baldwin          Benjamin Disraeli        dWho was the victor at Agincourt ?                                                                  Henry IV                 Henry V                  Richard II               Richard III              bWho was Henry II speaking of when he said "Who will rid me turbulent priest" ?                     Cardinal Wolsey          Rasputin                 Thomas A'Becket          Thomas More              cName the sister ship of Mayflower which never left Plymouth ?                                      Gypsy Moth               Bluebell                 Speedwell                Endeavour                cWho was the third wife of Henry VIII ?                                                             Anne Boleyn              Jane Seymour             Catherine of Aragon      Anne of Cleves           dWhere did Napoleon die ?                                                                           Elba                     Waterloo                 St Helena                Versailles               cHow many Tolpuddle Martyrs were there ?                                                            6                        16                       31                       33                       aWho signed the Magna Carta at Runnymede ?                                                          Richard I                John                     Stephen                  Rufus                    bWho first brought Tobacco into England ?                                                           Francis Drake            Christopher Columbus     Giovanni Nicotine        Walter Raleigh           dWho invented the Bouncing Bomb ?                                                                   Barnes Wallace           Frank Whittle            James Damm               Simon Smith              aWhich year was Everest conquered ?                                                                 1951                     1954                     1952                     1959                     cWho was the first person to swim the English channel ?                                             Capt Webb                Capt Walsh               Capt West                Capt Kirk                aWhere was Garibaldi born ?                                                                         France                   Italy                    Spain                    Russia                   aWho instigated the Reformation in 1517 ?                                                           Martin Luther            Cardinal Wolsey          Peter the Great          Henry VIII               aIn which year did The Boer War begin?                                                              1914                     1899                     1875                     1923                     bWho first proposed the Theory of Relativity?                                                       Einstein                 Avogadro                 Faraday                  Nobel                    a