History Pub Quiz 260413

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1. Q: In which Welsh village were 144 adults and children killed by a landslide?
   A: Aberfan. On October 21, 1966, a coal waste tip on the hillside above the village collapsed. Consequently, the sliding debris engulfed the Pantglas Junior School and several houses, triggering a massive disaster.
2. Q: Over which Japanese city did the USAAF explode the first atomic bomb?
   A: Hiroshima. On August 6, 1945, the mission commenced. Specifically, the B-29 bomber Enola Gay carried the bomb nicknamed “Little Boy.”
3. Q: The Battle of Rourke’s Drift (22–23 January 1879) was a famous action in which war?
   A: Anglo-Zulu War. Roughly 150 British and colonial troops successfully defended a small mission station in Natal, South Africa, against an intense assault by 3,000–4,000 Zulu warriors.
4. Q: Who in 1932 became the first woman to make a nonstop solo transatlantic flight?
   A: Amelia Earhart. On 2nd July 1937, she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world.
5. Q: What was the name of the dog launched on board Sputnik 2 in 1957?
   A: Laika (Russian: Лайка, meaning “Barker”). She was a stray from Moscow, also nicknamed “Kudryavka” (Little Curly) and “Muttnik” by the USA press.
6. Q: The 14th July 1789 marked the start of what?
   A: French Revolution. Furthermore, people specifically recognize this date for the Storming of the Bastille.
7. Q: The General Strike of 1926 was in support of which group of workers?
   A: Coal miners. Over 1.5 million workers across key industries, including transport and printing, went on strike in solidarity to oppose wage reductions and longer working hours imposed on miners by mine owners.
8. Q: Which European war (1853–1856) is named after a peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov?
   A: The Crimean War. Fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain, and Sardinia-Piedmont.
9. Q: To which remote island was Napoleon Bonaparte exiled after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815?
   A: St. Helena. The British chose this South Atlantic island specifically for its extreme isolation. Since the location sits more than 1,000 miles from the African coast, they used the distance to prevent any further escapes. Consequently, he remained on the island until he died in 1821.
10. Q: What did British archaeologist Sir Howard Carter discover in 1922?
    A: The tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62) in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, later revealed to be almost fully intact.