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1 Which fast food chain opened its first restaurant in 1955?
A McDonalds
2 On which Japanese city did the Allies drop the first atomic bomb?
A Hiroshima- “Little Boy” on August 6, 1945
3 Who was the Prime Minister in 1937?
A Neville Chamberlain – He is best known for his foreign policy of appeasement; “Peace for our time”.
4 What feature film release of 1927 heralded the commercial ascendance of the talkies?
A The Jazz Singer (starred Al Jolson – Vitaphone sound-on-disc system – Warner Bros)
5 From which country did Algeria gain its independence in 1962?
A France
6 Who in 1999 replaced Boris Yeltsin as President of Russia?
A Vladimir Putin
7 Which right wing politician delivered his controversial Rivers of Blood speech in 1968?
A Enoch Powell (April 20th)
8 In which year did Microsoft release their Windows 1.0 operating
A 1985 (Windows 1.0 was a direct result of Microsoft’s involvement with Apple’s Macintosh)
9 In the U.S. state of Washington, which volcano erupted in 1980 killing 57 people?
A Mount St. Helens (Louwala-Clough – also killed nearly 7,000 big game animals)
10 Which South African President brokered the end of apartheid?
A F W De Klerk (Frederik Willem de Klerk)