Easy
Question: In December 1989 the Brandenburg Gate reopened, uniting two halves of which city?
Answer: Berlin
Question: What was the name of the policy to try to contain WW2 by agreeing to some of Hitler's demands?
Answer: Appeasement
Question: The Battle of Kursk was part of which larger conflict?
Answer: World War 2
Question: What was the occupation of Spartacus in ancient Rome?
Answer: Gladiator
Question: What was the name of the investment plan to help Europe recover from WW2?
Answer: Marshall
Question: What was the codename given to the project to develop the atomic bomb?
Answer: Manhattan
Question: The Dalai Lama fled from Tibet to which nearby country in 1959?
Answer: India
Question: The Princes in the Tower were supposedly murdered in which London building?
Answer: Tower of London
Question: What was Hillary Clinton's profession before going into politics?
Answer: Lawyer
Question: What was the surname of sufragette campaigners Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia?
Answer: Pankhurst
Question: 1980 saw shipyard workers in Gdansk in which country go on strike?
Answer: Poland
Question: Which Duke beat Napoleon at Waterloo?
Answer: Wellington
Question: The Battle of Midway was a sea battle during which war?
Answer: World War 2
Question: In 1958, Fidel Castro overthrew President Batista in which country?
Answer: Cuba
Question: Sirimavo Bandaranaike of which country became the world's first female Prime Minister?
Answer: Sri Lanka
Question: Victorian killer Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of which city?
Answer: London
Question: The Great Wall of China was built to keep which people from invading?
Answer: Mongols
Question: Who was the last Tsar of Russia?
Answer: Nicholas II
Question: In which decade did John Glenn become the first American in space?
Answer: 1960s
Question: Josephine, vicomtesse de Beauharnais, married which famous leader?
Answer: Napoleon
Question: Maximilien Robespierre led which country at the end of the 18th century?
Answer: France
Question: Which European island was awarded the George Cross for bravery in 1942?
Answer: Malta
Question: Sunni and Shia are the two major branches in which world religion?
Answer: Islam
Question: How many writing Bronte sisters were there?
Answer: 3
Question: Ariel Sharon was a former politician from which country?
Answer: Israel
Question: Which explorer had ships called Pinta, Santa Maria and Niña?
Answer: Christopher Columbus
Question: Who was the last of the British Stuart monarchs?
Answer: Anne
Question: What was the name for military leaders of Japan between the 12th and 19th centuries?
Answer: Shogun
Question: The Tamil Tigers were an extremist group from which country?
Answer: Sri Lanka
Question: Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union in which decade?
Answer: 1980s
Question: Great Train robber Ronnie Biggs escaped from prison and fled to which country?
Answer: Brazil
Question: What name did Joseph Ratzinger take when he was elected Pope in 2005?
Answer: Benedict
Question: In which decade was the Yom Kippur war between Israel, Syria and Egypt?
Answer: 1970s
Question: Which US President admitted an inappropriate relationship with an intern called Monica?
Answer: Bill Clinton
Question: Who became monarch of Germany in 1888 and led the country into WW1?
Answer: Wilhelm
Question: In which year did the Falklands War take place?
Answer: 1982
Question: Inigo Jones was a pioneer in which field in the 17th century?
Answer: Architecture
Question: Which country experienced the 1896 Klondike gold rush?
Answer: Canada
Question: Which animal is thought to have brought the Bubonic Plague to Europe?
Answer: Rats
Question: The phrase 'let them eat cake' was attributed to which historical figure?
Answer: Marie Antoinette
Question: Corazon Aquino was sworn in as President of which country in 1986?
Answer: Philippines
Question: What was the first name of 20th century code breaker Mr Turing?
Answer: Alan
Question: What was the name of the bonnie Prince who led the Jacobite rebellion in the 18th century?
Answer: Charlie
Question: The Shang and Qing dynasties ruled which country in ancient times?
Answer: China
Question: The Mali Empire was a Middle Ages civilisation from which part of the world?
Answer: West Africa
Question: In 1948, the Soviets blocked off rail and road traffic to which city?
Answer: Berlin
Question: Which US President said 'Ich bin ein Berliner' in 1963?
Answer: Kennedy
Question: The Balkans war in the former Yugoslavia happened in which decade?
Answer: 1990s
Question: The euro became the new currency of 12 countries on the 1st January in which year?
Answer: 2002
Question: On which island was Napoleon Bonaparte born?
Answer: Corsica
Question: What was the name of the sheep which was the first mammal to be cloned in 1997?
Answer: Dolly
Question: Where did Ferdinand de Lesseps oversee the building of a canal?
Answer: Suez
Question: In which decade did the break-up of Yugoslavia cause war in the Balkans?
Answer: 1990s
Question: Medieval Dutch figure Erasmus was famous in which field?
Answer: Education
Question: The 'Tet Offenseive' was an important turning point in which 20th century conflict?
Answer: Vietnam War
Question: Alan Shepard became the first person to play golf where in 1971?
Answer: Moon
Question: Aviation engineer Barnes Wallis was best known for inventing which type of bomb?
Answer: Bouncing
Question: What was the code name for the Allied action in Iraq in 1991?
Answer: Desert Storm
Question: In January of which year was JFK sworn in as US President?
Answer: 1961
Question: What was the name of the West African state set up by freed American slaves?
Answer: Liberia
Question: Victorian playwright Oscar Wilde was born in which city?
Answer: Dublin
Question: The Battle of the Somme was part of which larger conflict?
Answer: World War 1
Question: Nelson Mandela was held in Robben Island prison, off the coast of which city?
Answer: Cape Town
Question: The French Revolution started with the storming of the Bastille in which city?
Answer: Paris
Question: The fall of which civilisation marked the start of the Dark Ages in Europe?
Answer: Romans
Question: The ancient trade route between Europe and China was known as what kind of road?
Answer: Silk
Question: Isabel Peron was sworn in as President of which country in 1974?
Answer: Argentina
Question: What was the name of the space station launched by the Soviet Union in 1986?
Answer: Mir
Question: Mary Seacole was a pioneer in which field?
Answer: Nursing
Question: What was the first name of 20th century British Prime Minister Chamberlain?
Answer: Neville
Question: Leon Trotsky was a revolutionary from which country?
Answer: Russia
Question: WH Auden was famous in the 20th century in which field?
Answer: Poetry
Question: The Cold War started in the period after which conflict?
Answer: World War 2
Question: In which month of 1939 did Germany invade Poland and spark off World War 2?
Answer: September
Question: People of which religion were driven out of Spain in the 15th century Reconquista?
Answer: Muslim
Question: In which month of 1961 did construction start on the Berlin Wall?
Answer: August
Question: What was the name of Nelson Mandela's first wife?
Answer: Winnie
Question: The Stasi were the state secret police in which country?
Answer: East Germany
Question: What was the first name of 20th century Italian leader Mussolini?
Answer: Benito
Question: Viktor Yushchenko led the 'Orange Revolution' to become leader of which country in 2004?
Answer: Ukraine
Medium
Question: Interpol was founded in 1923 in which city?
Answer: Vienna
Question: Who fought the 100 years war?
Answer: England and France
Question: Who was US President during the First World War?
Answer: Woodrow Wilson
Question: Israel, France and which other country led a military attack on Egypt during the Suez Crisis?
Answer: United Kingdom
Question: In which country was the longbow invented?
Answer: Wales
Question: Shaka was a 19th century leader of which famous African tribe?
Answer: Zulu
Question: Who was the first wife of King Henry VIII?
Answer: Catherine of Aragon
Question: In the past, what was a 'jakes'?
Answer: Toilet
Question: In Roman Numerals what does LXX stand for?
Answer: 70
Question: The territory of the ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia is located in which modern day country?
Answer: Iraq
Question: Who led the 1745 Jacobite rebellion?
Answer: Bonnie Prince Charlie
Question: The Khmer Rouge were the communist forces of which Asian country?
Answer: Cambodia
Question: In which country did bridge originate?
Answer: Turkey
Question: In what year did the Rainbow Warrior sink?
Answer: 1985
Question: Which country adopted the Weimar Constitution in 1919?
Answer: Germany
Question: In which century was the Great Depression?
Answer: 20th
Question: In which country were antibiotics first used?
Answer: Egypt
Question: In Tudor times, what was a farthingale?
Answer: Skirt
Question: Who was known as The Lady with the Lamp?
Answer: Florence Nightingale
Question: In which country did the rumba originate?
Answer: Cuba
Question: In what year was the laser printer invented?
Answer: 1975
Question: In which century was the Wall Street Crash?
Answer: 20th
Question: In olden times, what did a 'colporteur' sell?
Answer: Books
Question: In which country was Leon Trotsky murdered?
Answer: Mexico
Question: In what year was UNESCO founded?
Answer: 1946
Question: Former UN Secretary General Javoer Perez de Cuellar was from which South American country?
Answer: Peru
Question: In Victorian Britain, what was a Jacquard?
Answer: Waistcoat
Question: In February 1990, 160 million bottles of what were withdrawn from sale?
Answer: Water
Question: In which decade was Dolly the Sheep cloned?
Answer: 1990s
Question: Explorer Francisco Pizarro defeated the Inca Empire and founded which modern day city?
Answer: Lima
Question: In which century was the Magna Carta signed?
Answer: 13th
Question: Alexander the Great of which country conquered Egypt in 332 BC?
Answer: Greece
Question: In what year did the Tudor Age begin?
Answer: 1485
Question: For how many years was Leonid Brezhnev leader of the Soviet Union?
Answer: 18 years
Question: In the past, who or what was an 'anchoress'?
Answer: Religious hermit
Question: In what century were post boxes invented?
Answer: 17th
Question: Marco Polo was a citizen of which city?
Answer: Venice
Question: How many km long was the Berlin Wall?
Answer: 42
Question: In Stalin's USSR, what was as 'kolkhoz'?
Answer: Collective farm
Question: In which century did the Titanic sink?
Answer: 20th
Question: Blogs were originally called what?
Answer: Weblogs
Question: In the past, who or what were Tommy's?
Answer: Soldiers in World War I
Question: Paul Revere was famous for warning the residents of which US city that the British were coming?
Answer: Boston
Question: In what year was Facebook founded?
Answer: 2004
Question: Dionysus was the Greek god of which drink?
Answer: Wine
Question: In what year did Germany occupy Austria?
Answer: 1938
Question: Alexander the Great was an ancient ruler of which country?
Answer: Macedonia
Question: Who was the first President of the USA?
Answer: George Washington
Question: Hillary Clinton was which secretary of state?
Answer: 67th
Question: Muhammad Ali refused to fight in which war?
Answer: Vietnam
Question: In Ancient Egypt, what was papyrus used for?
Answer: Writing on
Question: In which country was Mother Teresa born?
Answer: Albania
Question: In what year did Queen Victoria die?
Answer: 1901
Question: In which century was World War II?
Answer: 20th
Question: Anne Frank was given her diary for which birthday?
Answer: 13th
Question: In which country did Mao Zedong rule?
Answer: China
Question: How many paces were there in a Roman league?
Answer: 1500
Question: In which decade did Joseph Stalin die?
Answer: 50s
Question: In what year was tea first grown in Ceylon?
Answer: 1867
Question: Tenochtitlán was the capital of which ancient civilisation?
Answer: Aztec
Question: How many people are there in a US Grand Jury?
Answer: 23
Question: In what year was Rajiv Gandhi assassinated?
Answer: 1991
Question: In Ancient Greece, what was a hoplite?
Answer: Foot soldier
Question: Germany signed the WW2 Pact of Steel with which other European nation?
Answer: Italy
Question: How old was the Biblical figure Methuselah?
Answer: 969
Question: In which century was the Gunpowder Plot?
Answer: 17th
Question: In Medieval times, what was a 'fletcher'?
Answer: Arrow maker
Question: Which city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Answer: Constantinople
Question: Which city gives its name to the Convention setting out the accepted rules of warfare, written in 1864?
Answer: Geneva
Question: In which century was the battle of Minden?
Answer: 18th
Question: Owain Glyndwr proclaimed himself Prince of which country in 1400 AD?
Answer: Wales
Question: In what year was the revolver invented?
Answer: 1835
Question: In what year did Henry VIII die?
Answer: 1547
Question: In which continent did World War II start?
Answer: Europe
Question: Who was the Greek god of the underworld?
Answer: Hades
Question: In Tudor times, what was a 'pair of bodies'?
Answer: Corset
Question: King Henry VIII trained for which profession?
Answer: Priest
Question: In what year was the Ku Klux Klan formed?
Answer: 1866
Hard
Question: How many ponies did the Pony Express use weekly?
Answer: None
Question: In what year was US President Millard Fillmore born?
Answer: 1800
Question: How many ancient wonders of the world were there?
Answer: 7
Question: In which country was Bonnie Prince Charlie born?
Answer: Italy
Question: Of which ancient people was Attila the leader?
Answer: Huns
Question: In his lifetime, Louis XVI of France had two what?
Answer: Baths
Question: In which European country have the most major land battles been fought?
Answer: Belgium
Question: In which century was the Norman Conquest of England?
Answer: 11th
Question: In Tudor times, Venetians were another name for which item of clothing?
Answer: Breeches
Question: In China, what color does a bride traditionally wear?
Answer: Red
Question: In what year did the Mayan Long-count calendar end?
Answer: 2012
Question: In what year was US President Abraham Lincoln born?
Answer: 1809
Question: In what year was St Paul's Cathedral completed?
Answer: 1711
Question: In which century did Henry V fight at Agincourt?
Answer: 15th
Question: On what type of paper did the Egyptians write?
Answer: Papyrus
Question: In which century was Joan of Arc burned at the stake?
Answer: 15th
Question: In which century did the Boston Tea Party occur?
Answer: 18th
Question: In which century did Nelson triumph at Trafalgar?
Answer: 19th
Question: In what year did Russian troops occupy Afghanistan?
Answer: 1979
Question: Ötzi was a man from which age discovered in 1991?
Answer: Copper
Question: In which harbor did the Mary Rose sink in 1545?
Answer: Portsmouth
Question: In ancient times, which country was known as Gaul?
Answer: France
Question: In what year was US President Zachary Taylor born?
Answer: 1784
Question: In which century did the Great Fire of London occur?
Answer: 17th
Question: Napoleon Bonaparte was emperor of which country?
Answer: France
Question: In which country were the 'Carlist Wars' fought?
Answer: Spain
Question: In which country was the Boxer Rising of 1900?
Answer: China
Question: Who first claimed Australia for Britain in 1770?
Answer: Captain James Cook
Question: In which of these wars did the most people die?
Answer: World War II
Question: Iceland and the UK were caught up in which war?
Answer: Cod
Question: In what year was the infamous 'Black Sox' scandal?
Answer: 1919
Question: In what year did King Richard the Lionheart die?
Answer: 1199
Question: In which century was the US War of Independence?
Answer: 18th
Question: In which country were modern banknotes first used?
Answer: Sweden
Question: Why did Roger Bannister hit the headlines in 1954?
Answer: Ran a sub 4 minute mile
Question: In what year was US President Woodrow Wilson born?
Answer: 1856
Question: In England, what did you buy or get at a mop fair?
Answer: Servants
Question: In what year were the Salem witchcraft trials?
Answer: 1692
Question: In which decade did the Live Aid concert take place?
Answer: 1980s
Question: On which island was Captain Cook killed in 1779?
Answer: Hawaii
Question: From Anglo-Saxon times, who or what is Beowulf?
Answer: Epic poem
Question: Of these, who won the 1989 XXIII Super Bowl?
Answer: San Francisco 49ers
Question: In what year was Microsoft Office first released?
Answer: 1990
Question: In which modern day country is the city of Troy?
Answer: Turkey
Question: In which country was Greenpeace founded in 1971?
Answer: Canada
Question: In what year was South Sudan created as a country?
Answer: 2011
Question: Who was the United States' very first president?
Answer: George Washington
Question: In what year was US President Harry S. Truman born?
Answer: 1884
Question: How long did the General Strike in the 1920s last?
Answer: 9 days
Question: In what year was US President George Washington born?
Answer: 1732
Question: How many baths did Louis XIV take in his lifetime?
Answer: 3
Question: Of which country was Greenland a colony until 1981?
Answer: Denmark
