History
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What ‘uc’ owned a chemical plant that killed 2,500 people in Bhopal in 1984?
Whose last words were “Et tu Brute”?
In which year did Charles, duke of Orleans, send the first known valentine’s card?
Point Clue: Margaret Thatcher once said of me, “I like Mr——-. We can do business together”. Who am I?
What so-called “war” spawned the dueling slogans “Better Dead Than RED” and “Better Red Than Dead” in the 1950’s?
Point Clue: Legend has it that I said, “Let them eat cake” when informed that the starving citizens had no bread. Who am I?
What building whose construction started in 1792 was once described by one of its residents as “…big enough for two emperors, one pope and the grand lama…”?
Point Clue: I was a famous name in America’s Old West and I died in 1887. Who am I?
Why was Elm Street in the news in 1963? Clue — November.
Point Clue: In 1870 I inherited my father’s business which was eventually destroyed by events in the Russian Revolution. Who am I?
Which war was fought over “the Union” and the emancipation of slaves?
Ten lords a leaping — Which political party was led by Screaming Lord Sutch?
Which Athenian statesman started the construction of the Acropolis during the Golden Age of Athens (460–430 BC)?
Eleven pipers piping — In which sea did the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster occur?
What ‘y’ is cosmonaut Gagarin’s first name?
Who was the longest reigning Arab ruler, through 1995?
What ‘n’ was India’s first prime minister, in 1947?
Which political term was popularized by Winston Churchill’s ‘Sinews of Peace’ address in 1946 when he said “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an X has descended across the Continent”?
Which ‘DW’ was lord mayor of London 4 times?
What was created in 196 BC, discovered by the French in 1799 and translated in 1822 by Jean-Francois Champollion?
The French village of DomrEmy was the birthplace of which famous historic figure of the 15th century?
In which American City was there a famous ‘Tea Party’ in 1773?
Who said “I’ve watched a lot of baseball – on the radio”?
What ‘c’ was the king who hid up an oak tree?
What nation do we have to thank for Florida’s orange crop?
Who was the first president to wear long trousers rather than knee breeches to his inauguration?
In which Park was the New York marathon run until 1970?
Which American married a former King of England?
What was the racial segregation policy practiced by South Africa’s National Party until 1994?
Who was imprisoned in 1923 for trying to overthrow the Bavarian Government?
Muckle John was the last official royal one in England – what?
What twentieth-century American president was so obsessed with secrecy that he often wrote “burn this” on personal letters?
Who drowned at Chappaquiddick in 1969?
Who was the first presidential jogger?
1996 was the Chinese year of which creature?
How many beds were listed in the palace inventories of France’s King Louis XIV?
Who was born Karl Herbert Frahm?
Which city was besieged by German troops for over 900 days in WWII?
The Russian mystic, Grigori Rasputin, was killed in 1916 by what? A) Assassination B) Shot C) Drowned D) All three
Which 1980s US president survived an assassination attempt?
Ed Gein was a notorious murderer and grave robber, True or False?
President Kennedy was shot in Dallas in what type of car?
What song was the Navy band playing at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked?
Who finally stuck as Russia’s prime minister, after Boris Yeltsin had fired four previous choices in 17 months?
Which president was the first to visit China?
Which city was devastated by an earthquake in 1985 and then hosted the World Cup in 1986?
Who became head of state in Guyana in 1992?
Which Russian leader had a pronounced birth mark on his forehead?
What was Manfred von Richtofen’s nickname?
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