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1. Q: Which former Labour MP formed the “New Party” in 1931?
   A: Sir Oswald Mosley. Shortly thereafter, Mosley refashioned the group into the British Union of Fascists in 1932
2. Q: Who headed the military junta when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands?
   A: Lieutenant General Leopoldo Galtieri. He served as the President of Argentina and leader of the ruling military regime.
3. Q: Which English aviator was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930?
   A: Amy Johnson. Departing from Croydon Airport, Surrey, on 5th May 1930, she flew a Gipsy Moth, named Jason, across 11,000 miles (18,000 km) in 19.5 days.
4. Q: Which statesman famously described Russia as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”?
   A: Winston Churchill. He delivered the quote during a radio broadcast on October 1, 1939, in response to the Soviet Union’s unpredictable actions at the beginning of World War II.
5. Q: Which English physician discovered the smallpox vaccine in 1796?
   A: Edward Jenner. Jenner hypothesised that exposure to the much milder cowpox virus could trigger immunity to smallpox.
6. Q: Who pioneered modern nursing during the Crimean War (1854–1856)?
   A: Florence Nightingale. By implementing revolutionary sanitation reforms—such as ensuring fresh air, clean water, healthy food, and daily laundering of bandages and linens—Nightingale and her team significantly reduced the death rate in military hospitals.
7. Q: Which U.S. President had the nickname “the peanut president”?
   A: Jimmy Carter, the 39th president. Before entering politics, Carter managed his family’s highly successful peanut farming business in Plains, Georgia.
8. Q: Which British Prime Minister held office at the outbreak of World War II?
   A: Neville Chamberlain. He formally announced the declaration of war on Germany on September 3, 1939, following the invasion of Poland. Chamberlain remained in office until May 1940, when he resigned.
9. Q: Why did Richard John Bingham make international headlines in November 1974?
   A: 7th Earl of Lucan disappeared following the brutal murder of his children’s nanny, Sandra Rivett. On the evening of November 7, 1974, Sandra Rivett went to the basement kitchen of the Lucan family home in London’s Belgravia to make tea. She was bludgeoned to death with a piece of lead pipe.
10. Q: Elizabeth acceded to the throne at the age of 25 upon the death of her father, George VI. What was his proper first name?
    A: Albert (his full birth name was Albert Frederick Arthur George). He used the regnal name George to project stability and continuity following the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII.