have we any history buffs..........quiz

[am Bays]

Q 22 George IV

[magpie in the 80's]

Q 22 George IV

INCORRECT TAS.

[am Bays]

Q 22 George IV

INCORRECT TAS.

Sir Joseph BAnks??

[magpie in the 80's]

Q 22 George IV

INCORRECT TAS.

Sir Joseph BAnks??

TAS.............INCORRECT

[am Bays]

Q 22 George IV

INCORRECT TAS.

Sir Joseph BAnks??

TAS.............INCORRECT

NFI then....

[JAS]

Clue for Tassie...I think he also designed Marble Arch and redesigned Buck House to make it Buck Palace

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

TASSIE

Q27 NFI then.......CORRECT

[godoubleblues]

Q14 - Germany
Q17 - Edward Jenner
Q22 - John Nash
Q24 - Anthony Blunt

[magpie in the 80's]

Q14 - Germany
Q17 - Edward Jenner
Q22 - John Nash
Q24 - Anthony Blunt

GDB........CORRECT ON ALL

SO ENDS THIS QUIZ

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1. Who was the last British Viceroy of India? LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN
Q2. Who was the ruler of the USSR from 1917-22?VLADIMIR LENIN
Q3. The Wars of the Roses (1455-85) were fought between which two houses of England? YORK AND LANCASTER
Q4. In which year did the UK hand over Hong Kong sovereignty to China?1997 JUNE 30TH
Q5. Who invented the thermometer in 1593?GALLIEO
Q6. Which Wild West legend was born Henry McCarty? BILLY THE KID
Q7. Who was UK Labour cabinet minister and social reformer Frank Pakenham better known as? LORD LONGFORD
Q8. What was the name of the pandemic which killed over 1% of the world's population in 1918?SPANISH FLU
Q9. What was the name of Charles Lindbergh's plane in which he completed the first non-stop solo trans-Atlantic flight?SPIRIT OF LOUIS
Q10. Which comic strip animal devised by Otto Mesmer first appeared in 1931? FELIX THE CAT
Q11. What song, popular in the First World War, was written by George and Felix Powell?PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR OLD KIT BAG
Q12. In which year did the Titanic sink? 1912
Q13. What Apollo 13 astronaut contacted Mission Control with the words, "Houston, we've had a problem here.." ? JACK SWIGERT
Q14. Which country was first to operate an old age pension scheme? GERMANY
Q15. The Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879 featured in which war?ZULU WARS
Q16. In which European city did composer Richard Wagner die in 1883? VENICE
Q17. Who discovered the vaccination against smallpox in 1796? EDWARD JENNER
Q18. Which is the oldest University in the USA?HARVARD
Q19. Who was the cult leader of the Waco Siege in 1993? DAVID KORESH
Q20. Which Egyptian president ordered the seizure of the Suez Canal in 1956? PRESIDENT NASSAR
Q21. Who founded the Salvation Army in London, 1865?WILLIAM BOOTH
Q22. Who designed Regent's Park in London in 1811? JOHN NASH
Q23. Southern Rhodesia became what country in 1980?ZIMBABWE
Q24. In 1979 which English art historian was exposed as a one-time Soviet spy and stripped of his knighthood? ANTHONY BLUNT
Q25. In 1816 which US state was admitted to the Union as the 20th state?MISSISSIPPI
Q26. In which year did the demolition of the Berlin Wall begin?1989
Q27. Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI created which principality in 1719? LICHTENSTEIN
Q28. In 1986 the prime minister of which European country was assassinated on his way home from the cinema with his wife?SWEDEN...OLOF PALME
Q29.Who was the first Windsor monarch of the UK? GEORGE V
Q30. What was the nickname of President Duvalier of Haiti, who died in 1971?PAPPA DOC

END OF QUIZ