History Quiz, deadline Sunday 30th June.
 

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks for having a bash at it Alan. :)