History Pub Quiz (Free Printable) 121835

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1. Q: In 1932, the Australian military declared “war” on what?
   A: Emus. Initially, the Australian government deployed the military because thousands of emus decimated local wheat crops. However, the birds outmanoeuvred the soldiers by utilising their incredible speed and withstanding numerous bullet strikes. Consequently, the outnumbered military admitted defeat and withdrew from the battlefield.
2. Q: What team were Liverpool playing when the Hillsborough disaster occurred in 1989?
   A: Nottingham Forest. The match was an FA Cup semi-final held at the neutral venue of Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. The game was abandoned only six minutes after kick-off as a fatal crush developed in the standing terraces at the Leppings Lane end of the stadium, which was allocated to Liverpool supporters.
3. Q: After Henry VIII, who became the next major member of British royalty to get divorced?
   A: Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. The sister to Queen Elizabeth II, she divorced Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon) in 1978.
4. Q: Who invaded Britain in 55 BCE?
   A: Julius Caesar/The Romans. They invaded Britain twice: in 55 and 54 BCE.
5. Q: Which country started taxing beards in the 17th century?
   A: Russia. Tsar Peter the Great (Peter I) introduced the tax in 1698 after returning from a tour of Western Europe. Peter viewed traditional Russian beards as a symbol of the past and wanted to modernize Russian society, encouraging a clean-shaven, Western European look.
6. Q: Which country sustained the greatest number of military deaths during World War II?
   A: The Soviet Union (USSR). In terms of human cost, the Soviet Union endured more military deaths than any other participant in World War II. To illustrate, current data sets military fatalities between 8.7 million and 10.7 million. Consequently, once civilian casualties enter the count, the final figure climbs to between 24 and 27 million, marking the USSR as the conflict’s most devastated country.
7. Q: Whose “Dictionary of the English Language” was published in 1755?
   A: Samuel Johnson. Regarded as one of the most influential, comprehensive, and important works of scholarship in the English language, it took Johnson nine years to compile, containing 42,773 entries and illustrated with literary quotations.
8. Q: Who founded the London Metropolitan Police?
   A: Sir Robert Peel, the Home Secretary at the time. He introduced the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 to create a professional, full-time police force to protect London, with officers commonly known as “bobbies” or “peelers” in his honour.
9. Q: The buying and selling of what did the British abolish in 1807?
   A: “The slave trade. Historically, the British Parliament enacted the Slave Trade Act 1807 on March 25, 1807, to terminate the transatlantic slave trade. In doing so, the law outlawed the purchase and sale of human beings throughout the empire. Furthermore, the act criminalized the use of British vessels for transporting enslaved people. Nevertheless, this legislation failed to grant immediate freedom to those already held in bondage.
10. Q: In 1911 Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach where?
    A: The geographical South Pole. Leading a team of five, he arrived five weeks before the British expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. Amundsen named their camp at the pole Polheim (Pole Home).