History Quiz, deadline Sunday 30th June.

[emma_mcraf]

Okay, this one isn't a multiple choice quiz but have a guess at any you don't know.
Answers in by 8pm Sunday 30th June please.
No googling.....good luck!!! :razz:

1. In which UK city was the Titanic built?

Belfast

2. What was the Roman name for France?

Gaul

3. Which civilisation built Machu Picchu?

Incas

4. In which country is Waterloo, where the famous battle took place?

Belgium

5. In which year did the Great Fire of London occur?

1666

6. Where was Thomas Becket murdered in 1170?

Canterbury Cathedral

7. During which Roman emperor's reign was Christ crucified?

Tiberius

8. The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars between which two houses of England?

Lancaster and York

9. Which famous Tudor warship capsized in 1545?

The Mary Rose

10. In which two English cathedrals is there a copy of the Magna Carta?
** a point for each answer**

Salisbury and Lincoln

11. Who was the first Hanoverian king?

George I

12. Which English king married the widow of his elder brother Arthur?

Henry VIII

13. How many years was the Hundred Years War?

116

14. Where did the Venetian merchant and adventurer Marco Polo die?

Venice

15. Who wrote 'On The Origin of Species' in 1859?

Charles Darwin

16. Which battle did the Spitfire aeroplanes help to win during WW2?

The Battle of Britain

17. Which famous figure was released from imprisonment on 11th February 1990?

Nelson Mandela

18. How is Charles II's accession to the throne in 1660 commonly known?

The Restoration

19. Which significant person was executed on 8th February 1587?

Mary Queen of Scots

20. What term describes the period between the Stone Age and the Iron Age?

The Bronze Age

21. What movement did Lord Baden Powell found?

The Boy Scouts

22. In which century did the Black Death reach Britain?

14th

23. Sitting Bull belonged to which tribe?

Sioux

24. What is 2013 in Roman numerals?

MMXIII

25. Who first crossed the English Channel by aeroplane?

Louis Bleriot

26. What did Captain Cook name Hawaii when he first arrived?

The Sandwich Islands

27. Who was Alexander the Great's famous tutor?

Aristotle

28. Which unpopular piece of legislation was passed in 1815 to keep up grain prices?

The Corn Law

29. How was Edward, the English king between 1042-1066, commonly known?

The Confessor

30. Who was the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated?
**Bonus point if you can correctly name the year**

Spencer Perceval in 1812

PM me your answers.
Enjoy!!! :D

[Merlin M]

Tricky... do know a few...

But can I be really picky and point out an error with question 15? The book is called "On the Origin of Species" for some reason it bothers me that it is often incorrectly remembered...

[emma_mcraf]

I stand corrected and have amended it for you Merlin. :-)

I tested the quiz on my hubby who claims to know nothing about history and he scored 18, which I thought wasn't bad, so I think there's a few opportunities for educated guesses amongst the questions. ;-)

[Merlin M]

I stand corrected and have amended it for you Merlin. :-)

I tested the quiz on my hubby who claims to know nothing about history and he scored 18, which I thought wasn't bad, so I think there's a few opportunities for educated guesses amongst the questions. ;-)

Thanks, to be fair I was being picky... most people remember it as the origin of the species which is very wrong really...
I will actually have a go at this soon...

[emma_mcraf]

Not a problem at all....I'm really picky when I know something to be right too. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. :)

[Suze65]

I really enjoyed doing this one Emma, well done, I've sent in to you, lots of guess work.

[Suze65]

Thanks, to be fair I was being picky... most people remember it as the origin of the species which is very wrong really...
I will actually have a go at this soon...

Actually I do know it as 'on the origin of species' because I have it!!!!! :roll:

[emma_mcraf]

I really enjoyed doing this one Emma, well done, I've sent in to you, lots of guess work.

Glad you enjoyed it Suze. Thanks for having a go. :)

[Alan1]

I like history but these are a bit tricky for me so mostly guesses, done it though

[emma_mcraf]

Thanks for having a bash at it Alan. :)

[emma_mcraf]

......bump!

[Alan1]

do the quiz

[emma_mcraf]

Only 4 more days. It'd be great if a couple more of you had a go. It's not all British history either. I've gone for a good mix so that everyone could have a go. :)

[Suze65]

come on people, have a go, or I might win just because no one else did it, and that would be like cheeting :mrgreen:

[emma_mcraf]

You have one other competitor so far Suze. :D

Come on everyone - you have to be in it to win it! :)
Mind you, perhaps that's the problem as people don't always want to/have time to set the quiz if they've won.

[emma_mcraf]

We have a third competitor. :)

We need a few more though please. You never know how much you can do until you try! :):):)

[sandy]

We have a third competitor. :)

We need a few more though please. You never know how much you can do until you try! :):):)

For the first time ever I have had a go. I hate it when comps can be googled, as I think thats cheating. This has been the case in the past.
Your plea made me try:0) And I am useless at these things:0)

[emma_mcraf]

Thanks Sandy. I really appreciate it. You weren't useless either - some excellent answers in there. :)

Anyone else ready to have a go? If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place! :D
I'm not sure how many more motivational phrases I can think of!! :lol:

[emma_mcraf]

...bump!

Just 3 days to go! :)

[Alan1]

Have a go at the quiz folks

[Suze65]

Yes please do the quiz.:|

[emma_mcraf]

I hope that it being a history quiz hasn't put people off too much. Just because I love history, I assume others do too. :roll:

Come on guys and gals, have a go. :)

[sandy]

I hope that it being a history quiz hasn't put people off too much. Just because I love history, I assume others do too. :roll:

Come on guys and gals, have a go. :)

Certainly better than modern music or sport:0)

[emma_mcraf]

Certainly better than modern music or sport:0)

I agree Sandy. I know very little about sport and my kids know more about modern music than I do, but I still had a go at those quizzes as I enjoy having an attempt and I know some of my random guesses have raised a laugh. ;)

Maybe I'll get a flurry of late entries. :-|

[sandy]

I agree Sandy. I know very little about sport and my kids know more about modern music than I do, but I still had a go at those quizzes as I enjoy having an attempt and I know some of my random guesses have raised a laugh. ;)

Maybe I'll get a flurry of late entries. :-|

Or they are too scared to have a go:0)
Without googling:0)

[FLINTUS]

I would enter except if I did win, which would be unlikely as this isn't really my area of history, I wouldn't be able to do the next quiz as away in Iceland most of next week.

[emma_mcraf]

Have a go Ben. If you win I'm sure people won't mind waiting a week until you get back to set the quiz, or perhaps someone will be willing to do it on your behalf. Either would be fine. :)

[FLINTUS]

OK will have a go. How many have entered?

[alley cat]

Not me! after a hat trick of lasts I am retiring :lol:

[Suze65]

Oh please you two, just guess!:wink:

[emma_mcraf]

Thanks for having a go Ben. There are currently four who have done it. :)

Alley, I think you stand a good chance with this quiz. I can feel it in my bones. You might not win, but I don't think you'll come last either.....go on, go for it! :)

[Alan1]

Have a go at it, there's a fantastic first prize this week of a two week stay in your own home :)

[emma_mcraf]

Just one day left!

[emma_mcraf]

Thanks, to be fair I was being picky... most people remember it as the origin of the species which is very wrong really...
I will actually have a go at this soon...

Are you going to have a go Merlin? :razz:

[emma_mcraf]

Another reminder that the quiz ends this evening. It's not too late to enter. :) :) :)

[emma_mcraf]

The results.....

Suze - 19
Ben - 18
Sandy - 14
Alan - 6

Well done Suze! :)

[alley cat]

Good score Suze!

Well done for taking last place Alan, I just checked the answers and would have been there again had I entered :grin:

[Alan1]

Well done. A mere 6 for me but it wasn't my best subject though I am quite up on Scottish and Irish history and 20th century crime and stuff like that. I was just a young lad when the great fire of london was raging on :grin:

Good quiz Emma

[Merlin M]

Are you going to have a go Merlin? :razz:

I was but its been a busy week and I forgot :-(

[Suze65]

Well done everyone, I wouldn't have so well on sport!!!! I watch a lot of history stuff.:-D

[emma_mcraf]

Well done. A mere 6 for me but it wasn't my best subject though I am quite up on Scottish and Irish history and 20th century crime and stuff like that. I was just a young lad when the great fire of london was raging on :grin:

Good quiz Emma

Thanks Alan. I nearly included questions on the Irish Potato Famine and Robert the Bruce...sorry!
Anyway six is a great score....it's better than five!! :)

[FLINTUS]

Suze, you doing a quiz this week?

[Suze65]

Suze, you doing a quiz this week?

I keep thinking about doing one, maybe on natural history, as that's a favourite subject, I'll try and think one up, leave it with me.

[FLINTUS]

Great, I think natural history would work well with most of us.

[Jess222]

Great, I think natural history would work well with most of us.

Speak for yourself! I prefer music and telly myself haha! Nah...i'll have a go at any when got time to x

[emma_mcraf]

I'm up for a natural history quiz Suze. :)

[Suze65]

I've tried to post it, but I'm having problems, it won't post, I'll try again later.

[emma_mcraf]

I've tried to post it, but I'm having problems, it won't post, I'll try again later.

No worries. :)

[Suze65]

Sorry guys and girls, I have tried to post the quiz again today but I keep getting you are not logged in when I know I am, nothing more I can do, so no quiz from me, sorry.

[Jess222]

Would you like me to post the questions? You could pm them to me?

[egyptiandan64]

How are you trying to post it Suze as obviously you can post on the forum.

Danny

[Suze65]

I did it as a new thread, as normal and tried to submit the thread and it says not logged in, I've tried on my iPad and on the computer, is it because it's a long post,but as you've said , I can post a small post.

[egyptiandan64]

Try it a couple questions at a time Suze.

Danny

[Suze65]

Try it a couple questions at a time Suze.

Danny

Ok, but I've got 20!!!

[egyptiandan64]

Than try 5 :D if that works it won't be so long ;) If it won't let you do it, you'll just have to do less per post :razz:

Danny