History 151208

History 151208 is a selection of 10 questions. History 151208 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 was the military alliance from 1955 to 1991 between eight communist states in Eastern Europe?
A   Warsaw Pact (Warsaw Treaty Organization of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance)

2   Chronologically, what came after the Bronze Age?
A   Iron Age (followed by the Middle Ages)

3   Which major European conflict happened between 1936 and 1939?
A   Spanish Civil War

4   What was the first war to see jet aircraft from both sides fight one another in air-to-air combat?
A   Korean War

5   Founded in 1920 and dissolved in 1946, what was the name of the organisation effectively replaced on the 24th of October 1945 by the United Nations?
A   League of Nations (dissolved 20th April 1946)

6   In what century did the English defeat the French at the Battle of Agincourt?
A   15th (25th October 1415)

7   The purge in summer 1934 in which Hitler had members of his own party murdered by the SS was called ‘The Night of the’….
A   Long Knives (Operation Hummingbird / Nacht der langen Messer)

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A   Alcock and Brown (Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown – they flew a modified First World War bomber from St. John’s, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland)

9   In which city did Anne Frank write her famous wartime diary?
A   Amsterdam. The house where they hid is located at 263 Prinsengracht and is now a museum.

10   In which year did the Munich Air Disaster claim the lives of 23 people, including 8 Manchester United players?
A   1958 (6th February). 23 people died in the crash, including eight Manchester United players: Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Duncan Edwards, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor, and Liam Whelan.