World History
Do you always seem to Babylon and on about history? If your knowledge spans the centuries and the globe, this category is the one for you. Don't worry if you make a mistake – nothing is set in stone!
WHAT DID ENGLAND PASS BACK TO IT’S RIGHTFUL OWNERS ON THE 1ST JULY 1997?
WHAT ‘C’ WAS CHIEF OF THE ZULUS IN THE ZULU WARS?
IN WHAT YEAR DID THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR BEGIN?
AS AT JANUARY 1ST, 2000, HOW MANY POPES HAVE BEEN ASSASSINATED?
WHICH WAS THE FIRST TOWN TO BE LIBERATED BY THE ALLIES ON D-DAY?
BEN FRANKLIN INVENTED IT – BRITAIN TRIED IT IN 1916 – WHAT?
WHO WAS THE REAL SPY (FOR THE GERMANS) IN THE DREYFUSS AFFAIR?
JOMO KENYATTA WAS BORN INTO WHICH TRIBE?
GEOFFREY PALMER WAS THE PRIME MINISTER OF WHICH COUNTRY 1989-90?
In 1953 who was crowned Miss Manila?
The colony of Botany Bay led to the establishment of which city?
What profession connects Sir Walter Scott, Margaret Thatcher and Lenin?
Who was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident in 1935 and was played on film by Peter O’Toole twenty-seven years later?
Which African country became independent of Britain in 1962?
Which country was expelled from the Organisation of American States in 1962?
Name the horse riden by…. Alexander the Great
In what year of the 80s did the following person die… Emperor Hirohito
Which terrorist group was led by Abimael Guzman until he was arrested in 1992?
Point Clue: In 1985 I became the leader of the Soviet Union. Who am I?
Which country was invaded by the Soviet Union on December 24, 1979?
Who succeeded Lal Bahadur Shasrtri as Prime Minister of India?
Who was Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1993 to 1994?
Who was the founder of Japan’s first political party?
The Doumus Aurea complex that was designed to take advantage of new spaces after a fire was built in the period of 64-68 AD by which ruler?
Who became the youngest head of state of a republic in 1994?
What nationality and country was Alexander the Great?
Who led the U.S. marine detachment that captured abolitionist John Brown following is 1859 raid on the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry?
What was the official occupation of Sir Anthony Blunt who was unmasked as a Soviet spy in 1979?
What type of cargo was carried by the stricken vessel the Torrey Canyon?
Who was the first prime minister of India?
Which Palestinian co-founded al Fatah in 1957?
When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under XXX, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed. Can you fill in XXX?
When did this famous European explorer first visit China?
Who was the first president of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union?
What so called “war” spawned the dueling slogans “Better Dead Than Red” and “Better Red Than Dead” in the 1950s?
In which year was Nelson Mandela released after 27 years in prison?
What war was Lt. Hiroo Onoda ordered by his commanding officer to stip fighting, in 1974?
Which war’s 1st Land Battle was at Goose Green?
How many volumes made up the Pentagon Papers, the Defense Department’s study of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War?
What goods were for sale from the Dublin street vendor, Molly Malone?
How many inmates were liberated from the Bastille after it was stormed by an angry mob on July14, 1789, at the start of the French Revolution?
Who was General de Gaulle’s successor as President of France?
Who was the fuehrer of Germany when World War II ended?
How many men have walked on the moon?
Who replaced Mary Robinson as president of Ireland in 1997?
Who was the Roman prefect of Judea from about 26-36 AD?
Who was the first Yorkshire captain to tour Australia?
8,850 meters 50. What Greek physician became known as founder of Medicine? A:
What was the first city to be leveled by a plutonium-based atomic bomb?
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