History 1
1. From which country was Slobodan Milosevic removed from power in 2000?
Yugoslavia
2. In 1280 when Lincoln cathedral was built, which construction did it overtake as the world’s highest?
The Great pyramid at Giza
3. In 1431, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake after being captured during which war?
The hundred years war
4. Which country did Ivan the Terrible rule?
Russia
5. Which members of their families did the Emperors Tiberius and Caligular murder?
Their wives
6. What woman's name did the Catholic Church in 18th and 19th century Ireland give to the abusive laundry asylums for ‘fallen women’?
Magdalene
7. Cambodian Saloth Sar died in 1998, but how was he better known?
Pol Pot
8. What was the name of Sir Francis Drake’s ship during his global circumnavigation between 1577 & 1580?
The Golden Hind
9. In which country were the Tamil Tigers from 1976 to 2009, based?
Sri Lanka
10. What was the name of Adolph Hitler’s wife who married him shortly before they both committed suicide?
Eva Braun
History 2
1. In which war was the battle of Agincourt?
100 years war
2. David Ben-Gurion was the first Prime Minister of where?
Israel
3. In which country did a military coup overthrow president Juan Peron in 1955?
Argentina
4. On the 31st October 1517, who posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, starting the Protestant Reformation in Germany?
Martin Luther
5. The heir to the French Throne between 1350 and 1791 was given which title beginning with D?
Dauphin
6. The 'Tonton Macoute' was the dreaded paramilitary police in which country?
Haiti
7. In which decade did Turkey invade Cyprus, leading to Turkey occupying the North of the island?
1970’s (1974)
8. What does the 'Waffen' mean in the World War II German 'Waffen SS?
Armed
9. Teutonic refers to what ancient race of people?
Germanic
10. Roland Garros, who has a tennis stadium and an airport named after him in France was famous for being what?
A fighter pilot
History 3
1. The Yalta agreement was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany. In which country is Yalta?
Russia
2. Which war took place between June 1950 and July 1953?
The Korean war
3. The Battle of Arnhem was a famous battle of WW2, but in which country was it?
Holland
4. Operation Barbarossa was the codename for the German invasion of which country in WW2?
Russia/Soviet Union
5. Which Yugoslavian leader, known as being a benevolent dictator died in 1980?
Tito
6. What was the name of the uprising in China that ended in 1901?
The Boxer rebellion
7. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in which French city?
Rouen
8. Albert Einstein was born in Germany, but which country was he living in when he died in 1955?
The USA
9. Reportedly written by Julius Caesar in 47BC, what do the words 'Veni, vidi, vici,' translate to in English?
I came, I saw, I conquered
10. Which general led the 1971 coup in Uganda?
Idi Amin
History 4
1. What was the name of the Indian Prime minister who was assassinated on 31st October 1984?
Indira Gandhi
2. Fat man was the name of the nuclear bomb dropped on which Japanese city in 1945?
Nagasaki
3. In June 1940, who was officially recognised by Britain as the ‘Leader of all free Frenchmen, wherever they may be’?
Charles de Gaulle
4. In November 1990, Mary Robinson defeated Brian Lenihan to become the first female President of which country?
Ireland
5. What nationality was the sixteenth century prophet Nostradamus?
French
6. Farouk the 1st who was overthrown in 1952 was the last king of where?
Egypt
7. What was the name of the Argentinean leader who was deposed three days after the end of the Falklands war?
General Galtieri
8. Che Guevara was killed in 1967 whilst attempting to lead a revolution in which country?
Bolivia
9. The Finns coined which term for a petrol bomb when fighting Soviet invaders in 1939?
Molotov cocktail
10. In which year did Adolf Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
1933
History 5
1. In what decade did the building of the Berlin wall commence?
60’s (1961)
2. Who became head of state in Spain in April 1939?
Franco
3. Which terrorist group killed eleven Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972?
Black September
4. What was the name given to the Fascist Paramilitary groups in Italy between the end of World war I and the end of world war 2?
Black shirts
5. Who in 334 BC conquered Turkey?
Alexander the Great
6. Who became dictator of his country after overthrowing King Idris in 1969?
Gadaffi
7. Who was the president of South Africa when Nelson Mandela was released from prison?
FW De Klerk
8. Which two countries did the ANZAC military forces that served in WW1 come from?
Australia and New Zealand
9. Which European nation was the colonial ruler of Indonesia for 350 years until officially giving up control in December 1949?
The Netherlands
10. The battle of Waterloo was fought in which present-day country?
Belgium
History 6
1. In what year did the Vietnam war end?
1975
2. Which country was ruled by the Shoguns from 1192?
Japan
3. Which notorious Italian family did Pope Alexander VI come from?
Borgia
4. In 2006, Fidel Castro handed power of Cuba over to Raul Castro, but what relation is Raul to Fidel?
Brother
5. The long march took place in which country between 1934 and 1935?
China
6. In 1848, the Communist Manifesto was published. Which 2 political theorists wrote it?
Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels
7. Which wrongly named war took place between 1337 and 1453?
100 years war
8. Which Danish King who conquered England thought that he was so great that he could command the tides?
King Canute
9. Which future French president founded the Free French movement during the Second World War?
Charles de Gaulle
10. In which African country did the Mau Mau uprising occur in the 50’s?
Kenya
History 7
1. Fulgencio Batista was overthrown as leader of which country in 1959?
Cuba
2. In which war was the first military tank used?
WW1
3. What is the name given to the 16th Century split between the Protestants and the Roman Catholic church?
The Reformation
4. Picts were a group of people in the Iron Age and early medieval times inhabiting which modern day country?
Scotland
5. Which Ghanaian diplomat followed Boutros-Boutros Ghali as secretary general of the UN?
Kofi Annan
6. In 1942, what famous German rocket was launched, the first manmade object to reach space?
V-2 (A4)
7. The Mexican War of Independence 1810-1821 ended colonial rule by which nation, since 1521?
Spain
8. What was the name of the US atomic bomb project that led to the atomic devices used in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
The Manhattan Project
9. What is the name of the ship found off the coast of Portugal in 1872 abandoned but still sea worthy?
The Marie Celeste
10. France has had eighteen King (who?):
Louis
History 8
1. What name was given to the 16th century Spanish and Portuguese soldiers and pioneers who colonised South AMerica?
Conquistadors
2. In which month was Julius Caesar assassinated?
March
3. The Wars of the Roses took place between the houses of York and Lancaster in the 1400's but which royal family were they branches of?
The Plantagenets
4. Which war did the signing of an armistice on 27th July 1953 end?
Korean
5. How did Mahatma Gandhi die?
Assassination by shooting
6. Who set off with his father and uncle to visit the court of Kublai Khan in 1271?
Marco Polo
7. Who was preceded by Stalin and succeeded by Breshnev?
Krushchev
8. Zyklon B was the name of the drug that was used in the gas chambers during the holocaust, But what poison is the drug based on?
Cyanide
9. Built between 1880 and 1914, which project had a death toll of over 27 thousand due to Malaria and Yellow fever?
Panama Canal
10. How did the first airmail travel from England to France in the 1700’s?
Balloon
History 9
1. In which city was the Statue of Liberty first built?
Paris
2. Which prehistoric period followed the Stone Age and preceded the Iron Age?
Bronze Age
3. Which family had 3 of its members assassinated in 1948, 1984 and 1991?
Gandhi
4. After 9/11, Osama Bin Laden was the most googled person, but which French astrologer who predicted the future was the second?
Nostradamus
5. The end of which war was agreed between Britain and Iceland in a meeting in Oslo in 1976?
The Cod War
6. Who was the French president in 1963 that vetoed UK’s entry into Europe?
Charles de Gaulle
7. What was the radioactive substance that apparently killed Alexander Litvinenko in 2002?
Polonium 210
8. The world’s first woman Prime Minister was appointed by which nation in 1960?
Ceylon
9. In what month did the 1st World war end?
November
10. In 1839, England declared The first Opium War against which country?
China
History 10
1. The 6-day war between Israel and its neighbours Egypt, Syria and Jordan took place in which decade of the 20th Century?
1960's (1967)
2. What historical Indian figure is fondly called Bapu?
Mahatma Gandhi
3. Which man was elected president of the Philippines in 1965 and then ruled as a dictator until 1986?
Ferdinand Marcos
4. Which 2 nations fought the 100 years’ war?
France and England
5. Who in 1988 was the first Prime Minister to give birth in office?
Benazir Bhutto
6. The first circumnavigation of the world was in 1519 under the command of which explorer?
Ferdinand Magellan
7. Which iconic man was director of the Cuban national bank from 1959 to 1961?
Che Guevara
8. Cameroon gained independence from which country in 1960?
France
9. Which two countries were the first to declare war on Germany in WW2?
Britain and France
10. In Greek history and legend, a soldier collapsed and died after running over 25 miles to Athens to give news of which Battle?
Marathon
History 11
1. Which country sent its navy around the world to fight the Japanese in 1904 over the running of Manchuria and Korea?
Russia
2. What is the name given to the 3 wars between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC?
Punic wars
3. The 1918 flu pandemic was nicknamed what after the country in which it was first identified?
The Spanish flu
4. Which leader's statue was pulled down in Red Square in 1991?
Lenin’s
5. In 1991, the US and Russia signed the START1 treaty which was set in place to do what?
Reduce nuclear arms
6. Who was the wife of Louis 16th of France?
Marie Antoinette
7. What war took place between 1947 and 1991?
The Cold war
8. Which American president gave the order to withdraw from Vietnam?
Richard Nixon
9. In which month of 1939 did world war 2 start?
September
10. Who was nicknamed Muttnick in the 1950’s?
Laika the first dog in space
History 12
1. There is a famous photo of Kengo Nikawa’s pocket watch stopped at 8.16. What does the photograph commemorate?
Hiroshima nuclear bomb
2. What disease was the cause of the Great famine in Ireland?
Potato blight
3. What was the name of the Bronze age civilization that started on Crete and built complex palaces?
Minoans
4. In 1977, Steve Biko became a Martyr in which country?
South Africa
5. Which former Gestapo boss was sentenced to life imprisonment in July 1987 for crimes against humanity during World War II?
Klaus Barbie
6. What was the name of the Soviet national newspaper between 1912 and 1991?
Pravda
7. Who succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union in 1953, becoming the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?
Nikita Khrushchev
8. The warrior Genghis Khan was the ruler of which Empire?
Mongol
9. During World War I, George V changed the family name to Windsor because Britain was fighting Germany but what was it before that?
The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
10. World War Two ended September 2 1945 when the Japanese surrendered on board which US battleship which shares its name with a US state beginning with M?
USS Missouri
History 13
1. Who became the ruler of Russia in 1964 until his death in 1982?
Brezhnev
2. Which Russian leader introduced Perestroika and Glasnost?
Gorbachev
3. In 1943, Lebanon gained independence from which country?
France
4. In 1965, what language, along with English became the official language of India?
Hindi
5. What girl's name was given to the German 42cm Howitzer gun during WW1?
Big Bertha
6. What happened to the archbishop of Krakow in 1978?
He became Pope John Paul the 2nd
7. In 1969, Israel elected their first female leader. What was her name?
Golda Meir
8. Which long reigning Japanese emperor announced in 1946 that he was not a god?
Hirohito
9. Which 8th century Muslim tribe invaded Spain and other areas of Southern Europe?
Moors
10. The 1957 Treaty of Rome led to the establishment of what?
The EEC
History 14
1. The Finnish war which began in 1808 was between which 2 countries (Neither of which was Finland)?
Russia and Sweden
2. 25% of which country's population emigrated between 1845 and 1852?
Ireland (potato famine)
3. Who in 1917 travelled from Switzerland to Russia on the “sealed train”?
Lenin
4. Tunisia gained independence from which country in 1956?
France
5. Matthew Flinders, a Royal Navy Captain in 1804 circumnavigated New Holland and named it what?
Australia
6. The USS Phoenix survived the attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941 only to be sunk under the name of the General Belgrado in 1982 in which war?
Falklands war
7. At the start of the European war in 1939, there were already two countries at war. What were the two countries?
Japan and China
8. What was Gandhi's profession before entering politics?
Lawyer
9. What was the nickname given to the German V-1 flying bomb in world war 2?
Doodlebug
10. In 1982, who replaced Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany after a vote of no confidence?
Helmut Kohl
History 15
1. Which Portuguese explorer was the first to reach India?
Vasco de Gama
2. Which now defunct daily Newspaper became, in 1986, the first British newspaper to publish colour photographs?
Today
3. Tokyo who was the name given to a female broadcaster of Japanese propaganda during WW II?
Tokyo Rose
4. On which island chain did Captain Cook die in 1779?
Hawaii
5. The coffin of which king is the world’s largest solid gold object?
Tutankhamun
6. Who was the only US President not to be elected to office?
Gerald Ford
7. Neolithic refers to which age?
Stone
8. In which country did the parliament hold a cabinet meeting underwater in 2009 to underline the effects of global warming?
Maldives
9. In ancient Greece, which plant was used to poison condemned prisoners, notably Socrates?
Hemlock
10. Which English agriculturalist developed a horse-drawn seed drill in 1701 and has a band named after him?
Jethro Tull
History 16
1. Name the year. Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces he is to campaign for the UK to leave the European Union. Gary Lineker presents Match of the Day in his underpants. A 2 minute silence is observed throughout the UK to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. Andy Murray becomes ATP world number one.
2016
2. In which year did Queen Victoria die?
1901
3. Who in 1917 became the first communist leader of Russia?
Lenin
4. When Trump was sworn in as president the first time, he became what number president of the USA?
45th
5. In which country did The Renaissance movement begin in the 1500s?
Italy
6. What year was the 'Summer of Love', beginning among San Francisco hippies?
1967
7. Medieval European 'miracle plays' were based on the lives of who?
Saints
8. Who led The New Model Army?
Oliver Cromwell
9. Whose 1889 birthplace in Braunau am Inn, Austria, was converted by the state in 2017 into a charity for disabilities?
Adolf Hitler
10. In 1776 the US declaration of Independence was signed in which city?
Philadelphia
History 17
1. Which country was rather unsuccessfully invaded by the USSR in 1979?
Afghanistan
2. The Wars of the Roses (1455-85) were fought between which two houses of England?
York and Lancaster
3. A great fire in which American city in 1871 is traditionally blamed on Mrs O'Leary's cow knocking over a lantern?
Chicago
4. In which war was the Battle of Bunker Hill fought in 1775?
The American war of Independence
5. In December 1989, which gate and monument in Berlin reopened ending nearly 40 years of division between East and West Germany?
Brandenburg Gate
6. In 1991, which man became the first democratically-elected leader of the Russian Federation following the dissolution of the USSR?
Boris Yeltsin
7. President Tito was announced President for life of which country in 1963?
Yugoslavia
8. In which year in the 1990's did the UK hand over Hong Kong sovereignty to China?
1997
9. The UK, France and the Ottoman Empire fought a war against Russia for control over which European peninsula from 1853-1856?
Crimea
10. What date is France's Bastille Day which celebrates the storming of the Bastille in 1789?
14th July
Historical people 1
1. Which historical character is credited with saying “When you are tired of London, you are tired of life”?
Samuel Johnson
2. Whose death mask including warts can be seen at Warwick castle?
Oliver Cromwell
3. In America, what is Francis Scott Key best known for writing in 1814?
The Star spangled Banner/American national anthem
4. Plato and Socrates. One taught the other. Which one was the student?
Plato
5. The first (joint-)winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Swiss Jean Henri Dunant, in 1901, founded which international organization?
The Red Cross
6. Who led the Mutiny on the Bounty?
Fletcher Christian
7. According to legend, which "wild" man was holding a Pair of Aces and a Pair of Eights during a game of poker in Deadwood when he was short dead? The hand is now known as "Dead Man's Hand".
Wild Bill Hickok
8. Nicholas Breakspear is the only Englishman to have held what religious post?
Pope
9. What was the profession of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone?
Teacher
10. The 2,500th anniversary of whose birth did China celebrate in 1949?
Confucius
Historical people 2
1. In 1407, Dick Whittington was simultaneously Lord Mayor of London and Mayor of which French town?
Calais
2. Name any 1 of the 2 heroes of the American West who were killed at the Alamo?
James Brown and Davy Crocket
3. Christine Jorgensen was the first person to undergo what operation in 1953?
A sex change
4. What language did LL Zamenhof invent in 1887?
Esperanto
5. Which scientist was the most famous passenger on HMS Beagle?
Charles Darwin
6. Chatsworth House gardener, engineer and greenhouse expert, Joseph Paxton, created which iconic 1851 London building, created for The Great exhibition?
Crystal Palace
7. Born in 1835, this son of a poor Scottish weaver became an American multi-millionaire. He gave most of his money away to benefit the public, notably by founding libraries. Who was he?
Andrew Carnegie
8. What happened to the peeping Tom who looked at Lady Godiva as she rode through Coventry?
He went blind
9. John Reith is famous for the formation of which establishment in 1922?
BBC
10. Born in Albania in 1910, who was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1979?
Mother Teresa
Historical people 3
1. Which Swiss Psychiatrist, born in 1875, was famous for his work in the field of dream analysis?
Carl Jung
2. Franz von Werra was apparently the only German to do what during World War 2?
Escape from an allied POW camp
3. What nationality was Karl Marx?
German
4. Which legendary magician died in Detroit on Halloween in 1926?
Harry Houdini
5. Klara Pölzl is famous for being whose mother?
Adolf Hitler
6. James Earl Ray is famous for killing which man in 1968?
Martin Luther King Jnr
7. In 1948 Alfred Kinsey published the first of his reports on which subject?
Sex
8. What is the generation of people born between 1946 and 1964 called?
Baby Boomers
9. Which explorer said the line “Dr Livingstone I presume?
HM Stanley
10. Anne Frank and Martin Luther king were born and the Wall street crash happened. Name the year.
1929
Historical people 4
1. Born in 1862, Joseph Merrick became known as what due to his deformities?
Elephant Man
2. Which US presidential candidate was shot on 5th June 1968 in Los Angeles, dying the next day?
Robert F Kennedy
3. Which British Prime minister’s first name was Leonard?
James Callaghan
4. Born in 1900 what is the name of the man who became head of the Nazi SS in 1929?
Heinrich Himmler
5. Which historical King, on the run from the Vikings, famously burnt the cakes in the home of a woman with whom he was seeking refuge?
King Alfred
6. Who in October 1964 received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence?
Martin Luther King Jr
7. Which playwright had children called Susanna, Judith and Hamnet?
William Shakespeare
8. Italian Maria Montessori is famous for her method of what?
Education
9. Which Roman leader built a wall across northern Britain in the early 2nd century?
Hadrian
10. What is the name of the deaf blind author who was the first deaf blind person to ever get a university degree?
Helen Keller
Historical people 5
1. In 1947, Chuck Yeager piloted the Bell X-1 rocket as it became the first manned vehicle to do what?
Break the sound barrier
2. At which battle of 1415 did Henry V famously lead England to victory over the French during the 100-years-war?
Agincourt
3. Which Norwegian was the first man to reach the South Pole?
Roald Amundsen
4. Hannibal Barca, who famously led his elephants over the Alps, was the leader of which north-African city-state founded by Queen Dido?
Carthage
5. Fletcher Christian, who led the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789, rediscovered and settled on which remote Pacific Island, which had been 'lost' from British maritime records?
Pitcairn Island
6. In December 1955, which US Civil Rights figure was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man?
Rosa Parks
7. Hitler served one year of a 5 year sentence in 1924 for what crime?
(High) Treason
8. Which famous Guy led the famous World war 2 Dambusters raid?
Guy Gibson
9. Who was the last British Viceroy of India?
Lord Louis Mountbatten
10. Percy Shaw invented what aid to traffic safety in the 1930's, an invention that was popularised by the blackouts of world war 2?
Cats eyes
October in history 1
1. In October 1982 which musical opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000?
Cats
2. In 1996, Eighty-four people are killed and more than 180 injured as 47,000 football fans attempted to squeeze into the 36,000-seat Estadio Mateo Flores in which city?
Guatemala City
3. Oct 30th 1975, Prince Juan Carlos becomes Spain's acting head of state, taking over from which ailing dictator?
Gen. Francisco Franco.
4. In October 1908, Ford put which model of car on the market at a price of US$825?
The Model T
5. In October 1960, Nigeria gained independence from which country?
The United Kingdom
6. In October 1901 in the USA, the executive mansion officially became what?
The White house
7. Which King Henry of England was crowned on 30th October 1485?
Henry vii
8. On October 30th in 1938, which radio play was broadcast causing panic in some of the audience as they thought it was real?
War of the worlds
9. On 31 October 2000 the spacecraft Soyuz TM-31 launched carrying the first resident crew where?
International Space Station
10. Who jumped to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere in October 2012 setting world records for distance skydiving and becoming the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power?
Felix Baumgartner
October in history 2
1. In 1990, which Soviet Union leader is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
Mikhail Gorbachev
2. In 1869, Girton college in Cambridge was founded, becoming England's first residential college for who?
Women
3. In October 1963, the last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by the United States President. Which president?
Abraham Lincoln
4. In October 1927, Gutzon Borglum began his famous sculpture. What is it?
Mount Rushmore
5. Who, in October 1983, set a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour , driving Thrust2 at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada?
Richard Noble
6. In October 1854 Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to which war?
Crimean War.
7. In October 1981, which Egyptian President was murdered by Islamic extremists?
Anwar Sadat
8. What is the name of the first man who became the African American baseball player to play in the major leagues on Oct 30th 1945?
Jackie Robinson
9. In October 1815, Emperor Napoleon I began his exile on which island in the Atlantic Ocean
Saint Helena
10. The ‘Rodney Riots’ took place on which Caribbean island in October 1968?
Jamaica
1985
1. In 1985 the first UK Cellular Mobile Phone Network Launched by which company?
Vodafone
2. Who, in January 1985 was sworn in for his second term as US president?
Ronald Reagan
3. Who bought the department store company Harrods in 1985?
Mohamed Al-Fayed
4. Australia's longest running soap opera had its debut in 1985. What is it called?
Neighbours
5. What period drama won the Best film at the 1985 Oscars?
Amadeus
6. Fire engulfed a wooden stand at which football ground during a football match in May 1985, killing 56?
Valley Parade stadium in Bradford
7. Thirty-eight spectators were killed in rioting on the terraces in 1985 during the European Cup final between Liverpool F.C. and Juventus at which stadium?
Heysel Stadium
8. What is the name of the Greenpeace vessel that was bombed and sunk in Auckland Harbour by French DGSE agents?
Rainbow Warrior
9. Who served as Acting President for eight hours, while the President underwent colon cancer surgery?
U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush
10. In September 1985 there were riots in which part of London after a woman was accidentally shot by police?
Brixton
1999 1
1. What was the name of the king of Jordan who reigned from 1952 until his death in 1999?
King Hussein
2. Which Star Wars film was released in 1999?
The Phantom menace
3. In 1999 Nunavet became the newest, largest and Northernmost territory of which country?
Canada
4. In March 1999, a fire in which European tunnel led to the death of 39 people and the closure of the tunnel for 3 years?
The Mont Blanc tunnel
5. Who was dismissed as the England football manager after making disparaging remarks about people with disabilities?
Glenn Hoddle
6. Who exhibited their artwork "My Bed" in the Tate Gallery and was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1999?
Tracy Emin
7. “Médecin sans frontière” won the nobel Peace prize in 1999. But how does Médecin sans frontière translate into English?
Doctors without borders
8. In December 1999, which ex-Beatle experienced minor stab rooms after being attacked in his home?
George Harrison
9. Which British TV presenter was shot dead on the steps of her home in Fulham?
Jill Dando
10. Helen Clark became the first elected female Prime Minister in which country in 1999?
New Zealand
1999 2
1. In December 1999, which Russian president resigned leaving Vladimir Putin as acting president?
Boris Yeltsin
2. Which TV chef began their TV career with the series "The naked chef" in 1999?
Jamie Oliver
3. In December 1999, the island of Macau was handed over to China from which country?
Portugal
4. In March 1999 Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones became the first people to circumnavigate the world in what type of transport?
Hot air balloon
5. In April 1999 the Columbine school massacre took place in which US state?
Colorado
6. Who did Prince Edward marry in March 1999?
Sophie Rhys-Jones
7. 1999 saw the reappearance of the band Blondie. What was the name of their number one single?
Maria
In 1999, the population surpassed how many billion for the first time?
6
9. Walmart bought which UK supermarket in 1999?
Asda
10. Who was elected as leader of the liberal democrats in 1999?
Charles Kennedy
2000
1. In February 2000 Tarja Halonen was elected as the first female president of which country?
Finland.
2. In 2000 Which model of Playstation was released, becoming the best-selling game console of all time?
2
3. The Øresund Bridge between was officially opened for traffic in 2000 linking which two European countries?
Denmark and Sweden
4. Who defeated Italy 2-1 after extra time in the final of the European Championships in 2000?
France
5. Who resigned as the leader of the Scottish National Party in 2000?
Alex Salmond
6. What was the name of the Russian submarine that sank in the Barents Sea in 2000 resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board?
Kursk
7. What is the name of the prison in Northern Ireland, used to house paramilitaries that closed in 2000?
Maze.
I8. n November 2000 in London, a criminal gang raids the Millennium Dome to steal which diamond, but police surveillance catches them in the act?
Millenium star
9. In the 2000 US election, George W Bush defeated who?
Al Gore
10. Which spy film sequel was the top grossing film of 2000?
Mission Impossible 2
2014
1. The third and final Hobbit film was released in cinemas in 2014 but what was its full name?
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2. Which self declared state, in 2014, became the last European territory to decriminalize sex between men?
Northern Cyprus
3. In which city did the 2014 winter Olympics take place?
Sochi
4. What is the first name of the daughter of Bob Geldof who was found dead at the age of 25
Peaches
5. Which nation in 2014 saw the abdication of Juan Carlos and the ascension of Felipe VI?
Spain
6. What Pharrell Williams song was the bestselling single of the year in 2014?
Happy
7. In 2014, the Rosetta Mission successfully did what for the first time?
Land on a comet
8. Which country won the 2014 world cup held in Brazil?
Germany
9. Which Ed Sheeran album was the best selling album of the year in 2014?
Multiply (or x)
10. In 2014, which country became the first to legalise euthanasia for terminal patients of any age?
Belgium