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History 151124 is a selection of 10 questions. History 151124 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 of Henry VIII’s wives is said to haunt Hampton Court?
A Anne Boleyn
2 In which year was the foiled gunpowder plot?
A 1605
3 In which year did the BBC begin experimental television transmission in the London area?
A 1935
4 How many propellers lifted the Wright brothers’ flight into history?
A Two. The Wright brothers’ 1903 Flyer was a canard biplane with a 12-horsepower Wright horizontal four-cylinder engine. This engine drove two pusher propellers via a sprocket-and-chain transmission system.
5 In which year were 21 people killed in the Birmingham pub bombings?
A 1974.
6 Who was the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII?
A Catherine Parr, whom he married in 1543 and who outlived him, dying in 1548.
7 Which European country declared independence from the Netherlands on 4th October 1830?
A Belgium
8 In which century did the Black Death kill an estimated 60% of Europe’s population?
A 14th (at its peak between 1348 and 1350)
9 Why was Dr Livingstone searching Africa, when he was found by journalist Henry Stanley in November 1871?
A The source of the River Nile.
10 An act of parliament was passed in 1888, making it law to have what fitted to your bicycle?
A A bell (and you had to ring it constantly).