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History 110816 is a selection of 10 questions. History 110816 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 What movement did Lord Baden Powell found?
A Boy scouts (Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL)
2 Which war in Europe was fought between 1936 and 1939?
A Spanish Civil War
3 Who commanded the Allied forces, which invaded Europe on D-Day?
A Dwight Eisenhower
4 Which canal took 10 years to build and opened in 1869?
A The Suez Canal
5 What nationality was the famous accused spy Mata Hari – Dutch, Austrian or French?
A Dutch (Mata Hari was the stage name of Margaretha Geertruida “Grietje” Zelle)
6 Who was the President of Argentina when they invaded the Falkland Islands?
A General Galtieri
7 Poland’s Stella Walsh (Stanislawa Walasiewicz) won the women’s 100-metre race at the 1932 Olympics, becoming the first woman to break the 12-second barrier. When she died 48 years later, what did they find out about her?
A A post-mortem declared her to be a male
8 Before the terrorist attack, how many floors high was each of the World Trade Center’s twin towers?
A 110 (Both had 99 lifts)
9 The Christians gave what name to their Muslim enemies during the Crusades of the Middle Ages?
A Saracens (Saracen was a term used by the ancient Romans to refer to a people who lived in desert areas) (the Crusades began in 1095)
10 According to legend, who was the only person who looked at Lady Godiva as she rode naked through Coventry?
A Peeping Tom