A historical quiz

1 Saint Columba is recorded as the first person to have seen the Loch Ness Monster in which century?
2 The Vikings first attacked Britain in which century?
3 On what date did the storming of the Bastille take place?
4 On this day, December 8, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus agreed a
new Commonwealth of Independent States and declared the USSR defunct, in
which year?
5 Which country built the Mannerheim Line as a defence against Russia in the Second
World War?
6 England’s first Prince of Wales became which king?
7 The Pony Express in the U.S.A. started in I860 between California and what other
state?
8 Which of Henry VIII’s wives is buried at Westminster Abbey ?
9 Which 20th Century Prime Minister became the Earl of Bewdley?
10 Who famously said on March 17 1912, ‘I am just going outside and I may be some time?’
11 John of Gaunt was the father of which King of England?
12 On 3rd June 1962 the first legal (..what) opened in Brighton ?
13 The murders generally attributed to Jack The Ripper took place between
August 7 and November 9 in what year?
14 On December 17 1983 the I.R.A. exploded a bomb where in London, killing three  civilians and three police officers including WPC Jane Arbuthnot ?
15 What name was given to U.K.’s involvement in the Falklands War operation ?
16 What was the name of the 1917 declaration by the U.K. in favour of a
Jewish national home in Palestine?
17 Any year in the life of Catherine the Great?
18 Which European country overthrew its monarchy on October 5 1910 and became a
republic ?
19 In 1453 the English were defeated at the battle of Castillon, ending
which long conflict?
20 Our National Anthem was first played during the reign of which monarch, (God save the King)
21 On 25th October 1875 Britain bought 176,602 shares in what?
22 What was the number of the Pan Am Flight which exploded over Lockerbie in December
1988?
23 Which influential Russian figure was murdered in 1916 and his body was thrown into the
River Neva ?
24 South Africa left the Commonwealth in 1961 and rejoined in what year ?
25 Name the ship that fired the shot that killed Horatio Nelson in 1805 ?
26 Alexander I was the last European king to be assassinated when he was shot dead in
Marseilles in 1934. He was king of which country?
27 Oil-fired street lighting first came to London in what century?
28 Name the Conservative M.P. for Eastbourne killed by an I.R.A.bomb which exploded
under his car outside his house in Hankham, Pevensey, in July 1990 ?
29 The Romans left Britain in which century ?
30 What British liner was sunk on the first day of World War II by a German U-Boat ?

Answers

1 SIXTH CENTURY (565)
2 EIGHTH CENTURY (793/795)
3 14TH JULY 1789
4 1991
5 FINLAND
6 EDWARD II
7 MISSOURI
8 ANNE OF CLEEVES
9 STANLEY BALDWIN
10 (CAPT) LAWRENCE GATES
11 HENRY IV
12 CASINO
13 1888
14 (IN A CAR OUTSIDE) HARRODS
15 OPERATION CORPORATE
16 THE BALFOUR DECLARATION
17 1729-1796
18 PORTUGAL
19 HUNDRED YEARS WAR
20 GEORGE II (28th Sept. 1745)
21 SUEZ CANAL
22 PAN AM FLIGHT 103
23 RASPUTIN
24 1994
25 REDOUBTABLE
26 YUGOSLAVIA
27 THE 17TH(1681)
28 IAN GOW
29 FIFTH (409)
30 ATHENIA

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