Which country invented gunpowder?

China Click to see the answer

Vietnam was divided into North and South in which decade?

1950s

Michael Collins was a central figure in the independence movement in which country?

Ireland

Explorers thought the fabled land of 'El Dorado' was on which continent?

South America

In which year did the UK ban the slave trade?

1807

Eleanor of Aquitaine lived in which country before marrying Henry II of England?

France

The post-war Cambridge spy ring gave secrets to which country?

Soviet Union Click to see the answer

Alexander had which type of animal named Bucephalus?

Horse

Xerxes was an ancient ruler of which country?

Persia

What was the name of the scandal which forced the resignation of President Nixon?

Watergate

Which country would you visit to see the famous Bayeux tapestry?

France

Formosa is the former name of which country?

Taiwan

Explorer Vasco da Gama was from which country?

Portugal

Which Paris landmark stands on the Champ de Mars?

Eiffel Tower

What was the name of the only son of Henry VIII?

Edward

The world's first vaccination was used against which disease?

Smallpox Click to see the answer

Benjamin Disraeli was a UK Prime Minister during which century?

19th

What was the name of the famous highwayman who had a horse called Black Bess?

Dick Turpin

Konrad Adenauer was a post-war Chancellor of which European country?

West Germany

The first European colony in the Americas was in Jamestown in which US state?

Virginia

Spartacus was a slave and gladiator in which ancient civilisation?

Roman

The dance called the tango originated in which city?

Buenos Aires

What name comes before 'The Confessor' for the name of a medieval English king?

Edward

Thomas Gainsborough was a famous 18th century figure in which field?

Painting

Emperor Hirohito led which country during the Second World War?

Japan

Jawaharlal Nehru was the first prime minister of which country as an independent nation?

India

Which port was the final destiantion of the Titanic?

New York

The American Civil War was between the Union and who?

Confederates

Owain Glyn Dwr led a medieval revolt by which country against England?

Wales

Which British monarch repelled the Spanish Armada?

Queen Elizabeth I

Field Marshal Montgomery received the German surrender at the end of which war?

World War 2

Which US President won the American Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln

Which political leader wrote 'Mein Kampf'?

Adolf Hitler

What was the first name of Tudor explorer Raleigh?

Walter

What was the first name of scientist Newton, who wrote ' Principia Mathematica'?

Isaac

The Rosetta Stone, used to decode hieroglyphics, is in a museum in which city?

London

Pioneering psychologist Sigmund Freud worked for most of his life in which city?

Vienna

In which year did Princess Diana die in Paris?

1997 Click to see the answer

Who was the next monarch after Queen Victoria?

Edward VII

The Olmecs are an ancient civilisation from which country?

Mexico

Which country switched sides and started supporting the Allies in 1943?

Italy

Napoleon was forced to retreat from which city in 1812?

Moscow

Algeria was a former colony of which country?

France

The Inca Empire was centerd on which modern day country?

Peru Click to see the answer

The Great Fire in which city started in Pudding Lane?

London

The Gutenberg Press revolutionised printing in which century?

15th

How many wives of Henry VIII were beheaded?

2

Beethoven was born in which century?

18th

What flower gives its name to the battles between the houses of York and Lancaster?

Rose

The Battle of Stalingrad was a turning point in which conflict?

World War 2

Hibernia was the Roman name for which island?

Ireland

In which country is Hebrew an official language?

Israel

Which Prime Minister gave a speech coining the term 'Iron Curtain'?

Winston Churchill Click to see the answer

Sitting Bull was a tribal leader in which country?

United States

The Punic Wars were fought between Carthage and which other civilisation?

Rome

What saint was also known as the Maid of Orleans?

Joan

Henry VIII's first wife Catherine was from which part of Spain?

Aragon

Which US President signed the Salt II treaty in 1979?

Carter

In which year did the Spanish Civil War start?

1936

In which year did East and West Germany reunify?

1990

Which country was known as British Honduras until 1973?

Belize

South Africa began to dismantle the apartheid system in which year?

1989

What modern country corresponds to the ancient lands of Anatolia?

Turkey

In which year was the Battle of Waterloo?

1815

Pancho Villa was a revolutionary leader of which country?

Mexico

Hatshepsut was a ruler in which ancient civilisation?

Egyptian

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on which form of transport?

Bus

The ancient state of Phoenicia was located along the shores of which body of water?

Mediterranean Sea

What was the name of the legendary king who turned everything he touched to gold?

Midas

Gamal Abdel Nasser was a 20th century leader of which country?

Egypt

Genghis Khan was a Dark Ages leader in which country?

Mongolia

The controversial Elgin Marbles were taken from a building in which city?

Athens Click to see the answer

A serious fire broke out at Windsor Castle in which year?

1992

In which year did France gift the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

1886

Which monarch was the last Stuart ruler?

Anne

Where is the UK's oldest university?

Oxford

The famous Spanish Riding School is in which European city?

Vienna

What kind of dating is used in archaeology to find the age of ancient objects?

Carbon Click to see the answer

Which ship rescued most survivors from the Titanic?

Carpathia

What was the surname of Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert?

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Medieval religious leader Thomas Becket was Archbishop of which city?

Canterbury

What kind of army was buried with a Chinese emperor 2000 years ago?

Terracotta

Epidemiologist John Snow worked out how disease spread by tracking which infection in London in the 1800s?

Cholera

What was the name of the Space Shuttle which exploded in 1986?

Challenger

In which year were the first modern Olympics held?

1896

Yoga is a cultural tradition which originated in which country?

India

Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a 14th century book about people travellnig to which city?

Canterbury

In 1803, the United States bought Louisiana from which European country?

France

Alfred the Great was a Dark Ages ruler of which part of England?

Wessex

In 2018, which form of Caribbean music was added to the UN's Cultural Treasures list?

Reggae

What was the first name of British post-war Prime Minister Mr Attlee?

Clement

Viking raids in the UK started in which century?

8th

What was the name of the flu which swept across the world after WW1?

Spanish