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History 130306 is a selection of 10 questions. History 130306 is the filename to differentiate it from other History quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.
1 Which state was US President John F Kennedy visiting when assassinated in 1963?
A Texas
2 Which notable document was signed aboard the USS Missouri on the 2nd September 1945?
A Japanese surrender
3 What was the nickname for the small dungeon at Fort William in Calcutta, used to imprison captured British troops after their defeat in 1756?
A The Black Hole of Calcutta
4 Which group hid out at Leatherslade farm in Buckinghamshire in August 1963?
A The Great Train Robbers (they stole £2.63m equivalent of £41m in today’s money)
5 What were the names of King Henry VIII’s three children?
A Mary, Elizabeth and Edward
6 Which year saw the Jarrow march on parliament, against the high unemployment and poverty suffered in NE England?
A 1936 (marched a distance of 300 miles in October)
7 Which building did revolting Parisians capture at the start of the French Revolution in 1789?
A The Bastille
8 In which year did the Church of England first ordain women priests?
A 1994
9 What did the introduction of the Volstead Act in 1919 establish in the USA?
A Prohibition (prohibit intoxicating beverages for consumption)
10 In which battle of the second Sudanese war in 1898, did General Kitchener inflict a crushing defeat on the Dervishes?
A Omdurman (that’s the one corporal Jones kept going on about in Dad’s Army)