Five History quiz questions needed

[shineybomb]

I am preparing a quiz for the office in aid of Comic Relief and need 5 History questions. Does anyone have any good questions and their answers?

[Quizmonster]

There's one directly below this one of yours! Why not trawl through the latest pages of this AnswerBank category and find some more?

[Clanad]

But first, let me offer this poser, which i've been wanting to use for several years... perhaps Q can help with the answer...

Name the Physician to the Queen, who, in 1594, was hung, drawn and quartered (al la William Wallace) for conspiracy to murder the Queen.

(The Queen was Elizabeth I, and the conspirator (some say innocent) was Roderigo Lopez. I'll leave it to you to discover why a Portuguese Jew would be involved...

[BigMac]

Who was the first woman to be elected to the house of Commons?

NOT Nancy Astor (the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons) but Countess Constance Markiewicz (nee Gore-Booth) who stood for Sinn Fein in December 1918 and, because of that party's policy of abstentionism from the House of Commons, did not take her seat.

[Quizmonster]

Good grief, C! I failed to pass my history exam when I left school 51 years ago. What chance would I have with this question other than trawling Google? Pass!

[paddywak]

Hi BigMac I'm glad somebody else knows of Constance Markiewicz, I'm fed up with arguing this point

[fairkatrina]

Q. In which war were the most English people killed?
A. The English Civil War

Q. In what year did James VI of Scotland become James I of England?
A. 1603

Q. On what date was Shakespeare born and on what date did he die?
A. April 26th 1564, April 26th 1616.

Q. In what year did Mao enter office as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China?
A. 1945

Q. In what year did World War II officially end?
A. 1989 (after the Berlin Wall came down and Germany was officially reunited. After WWII Germany was split into two seperate nations, East and West, and peace couldn't be officially signed until the country that war was declared against existed again).

Hope they help!

[Belgian]

I do not know if the questions need to be difficult or not, but here is one.
What was the last battle on Brittish soil, exept of the Battle of britain in WW II

Answer: The Battle of Culloden in April 1746

[Peter Pedant]

Lopez tried to poison Q ueen Elizabeth

I thought everyone knew that.

DId anyone notice how Q gave the ansewr in his posting.


What did Wellington say after he was in the privy council that told Victoria she was now Queen....?

I think she'll do.....


Which General died of Cholera at the battle of alma ?
Aimable someone or the other (French)

What message did CLive write after he had captured the indian city of SInd ?

Peccavi = I have sinned.....

[Thicko2006]

Q. Who was the first Yorkshire captain to tour Australia?

A. Captain Cook.

Q. Captain Cook went on three round-the-world expeditions. On which one was he killed?

A. Errm....

[3penny]

How long was the hundred years war?

The hundred years war was actually a series of conflicts between the French and the English lasting from 1337-1453, in other words 116 years.

[maryanna30]

Who was the first Prime Minister of England
(William Walpole)

Who said ''My Mission is to pacify Ireland''
(Gladstone)

[shivvy]

Good grief all of the above questions/answers are definately history questions but oh so dull.
It is for COMIC relief isn't it? Why not ask a few recent/different history questions instead? Eg who had an album entitled history(michael jackson), what is the longest anagram you can make out of HISTORY (shirty/shorty) etc etc

[shineybomb]

I've got other less serious subjects (music, TV, movies, sport, science and geography) in the quiz too so these questions are great. A few slightly easier ones I have come up with are:

1. In what year was Margaret Thatcher appointed Prime Minister?
2. Name two of Henry VIII wives
3. Sir Winston Churchill was a leader of which Political Party?

[DanFlo]

where was the magna carter signed?

[DanFlo]

at the bottom

[morbidstorm]

Actually WW2 officially ended on 12th September 1990 NOT 1989. As prev noted above, pedantic i know but if you are gonna ask a question, you gotta know the answer!

[melles]

The Magna Carta wasn't signed anywhere. It was sealed by John.

[shineybomb]

Thanks everyone for your help - lots of questions to choose from

[Scylax]

Try this one :
What became of Henry VIII's wives, in correct order ?

Divorced
Beheaded
Died
Divorced
Beheaded
Survived

These were: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleeves, Catherine Howard
and Catherine Parr.

[FoxLee]

Being pedantic but if you're going to offer questions and answers, give correct answers.

First P.M. was ROBERT Walpole

Although it is not known accurately, Shakespeare's birthday is generally taken as 23rd April