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- Q: Which famous Thracian gladiator led the forces fighting Rome in the Third Servile War of (73–71 BCE)?
A: Spartacus: He acted as the primary military tactician and supreme commander of the main rebel faction. - Q: Who or what got the only Nobel Peace Prize award during the First World War?
A: The International Committee of the Red Cross. For its massive humanitarian work aiding prisoners of war and wounded soldiers. - Q: Which King ruled England during the Battle of Agincourt?
A: Henry V. He led his outnumbered English and Welsh forces to a famous victory against the French during the Hundred Years’ War. Reign: 1413 to 1422. Battle Date: October 25, 1415. Location: Northern France. Main Tactic: Heavy use of the English longbow. - Q: Who gave birth to Queen Elizabeth I?
A: Anne Boleyn. The second wife of King Henry VIII. - Q: The White Star Line Olympic-class ocean liners were a trio: The Olympic, The Titanic, and which other?
A: Britannic. The White Star Line described them as the largest and most luxurious liners of the era. Britannic sank whilst serving as a hospital ship during the First World War after hitting a naval mine in the Aegean Sea, less than a year after launch and never operated as a passenger liner. Olympic remained in service for 24 years before scrapping in 1935. - Q: With which war is Florence Nightingale famously associated?
A: Crimean War (1853–1856). She managed a team of nurses who cared for wounded British soldiers. - Q: At what time on 6th August 1945 did the atomic bomb detonate over Hiroshima?
A: 8:16, after the Enola Gay dropped it at 8:15 a.m. at about 1,968 feet (600 meters) above the city. - Q: Bunny Austin became the first tennis player to do what at Wimbledon in 1933?
A: Wear shorts instead of traditional long flannel trousers - Q: During the American Revolutionary War, which was the first country to formally declare war on Great Britain to assist the American colonies?
A: France. Their entry in 1778 transformed the American Revolution from a local colonial rebellion into a global conflict. - Q: In which war did the Battle of Jutland take place?
A: World War I. Location: North Sea, off the coast of Denmark’s Jutland Peninsula.