History Quiz #1 Welcome to your History Quiz #1 Round 1: In what year? Please give the year that each of the following events took place, four digit number format please. William the First was crowned on Christmas day, but in what year? Hint The U.S. boycotted the Summer Olympics that took place in Moscow, in which year? Hint In what year did the Vietnam war begin? Hint In which year did America become an independent nation? Hint In what year was the Chinese Republic established? Hint In which year was the Berlin Wall constructed? Hint Che Guevara was killed on 9th October in what year? In which year did a soviet cosmonaut make the first spacewalk? Hint In what year did Queen Elizabeth 2nd become queen? Hint In which year did the UK hand over Hong Kong sovereignty to China? Hint Round 2: Where? 10 questions about where events in history took place. Where did Napoleon Bonaparte die in exile? In which country did Dr. Christian Barnard perform the world's first ever heart transplant in 1967? In which country was the Rosetta Stone found? What was the initial capital of the USSR? What was the first self-governing country in the world in which all women had the right to vote? Which country did Idi Amin invade in 1978? Where were Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard both executed? In which European city did composer Richard Wagner die in 1883? Which state became the 47th US state in 1912? In 1985 which country blew up a Greenpeace ship (the Rainbow Warrior) in New Zealand? Round 3: People 10 questions all about famous people through history. Who became premier of Cuba in 1959? Who was the head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917-24? Which president of the U.S. was known as 'the peanut president'? Who became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight? Which French ruler was finally defeated in 1815? What was the name of the son of Cleopatra & Julius Caesar? Who was the first female American astronaut in space? The Colosseum received its name not for its size, but for the colossal statue of whom, which stood close by? Who was the leader of the Cambodian party the Khmer Rouge? What was Alexander The Great's wife's name? Round 4: Mythology 10 questions about Greek and Roman mythology. Who is the Greek Messenger of the gods? After beating Athena in a weaving challenge who was turned into a spider? Who was the father of Zeus? Who is the Roman god of agriculture? Who is the Roman goddess of childbirth? Who is the Greek god of dreams? Who is the Roman goddess of the dawn? Who is the Greek goddess of fertility? Who is the Roman goddess of the flowers? Phaeton is the son of which God? Round 5: History - General Knowledge 10 general history questions. What was the name given to textile workers who opposed modernisation during the nineteenth century? What's the oldest college in the U.S? The Gold Coast gained its independence from Great Britain in 1957 and renamed itself as what? Which U.S. President was the first to have a Christmas tree in the White House? Where did Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet in 1945? In which European country did the use of Christmas trees originate? What name was given to the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942? What was the first product to have a barcode? What Opened In 1955 in Anaheim, near Los Angeles, California? In 1975, what reopened after an 8 year closure? Time's up
