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History
(Age: 11-18)

	1) Who was the first President of the United States?
	a	John F Kennedy
	b	George Washington
	c	Richard Nixon
	d	Abraham Lincoln
	2) The Magna Carta was signed in which year?
	a	1115
	b	1215
	c	1315
	d	1415
	3) Which year was the general strike?
	a	1726
	b	1826
	c	1926
	d	1956
	4) What year followed 348 B.C. ?
	a	349 B.C.
	b	347 B.C.
	c	347 A.D.
	d	349 A.D.
	5) What was the name of Nelson's ship?
	a	Golden Hind
	b	HMS Trafalgar
	c	The Victory
	d	HMS Ark Royal
	6) What was the 'mother tongue' of Queen Victoria?
	a	English
	b	German
	c	French
	d	Gaelic
	7) Yuri Gagarin was the first man to travel in space. Which year?
	a	1958
	b	1962
	c	1965
	d	1969
	8) Which ship had it's maiden voyage in 1946?
	a	Titanic
	b	Queen Elizabeth I
	c	Queen Elizabeth II
	d	Queen Mary
	9) Sir Francis Drake sailed in which ship?
	a	The Mayflower
	b	The Golden Hind
	c	The Mary Rose
	d	Marie Celeste
	10) Who was the first British Prime Minister to serve under Queen Elizabeth II?
	a	Clement Atlee
	b	Winston Churchill
	c	Harold Wilson
	d	Neville Chamberlain
	11) The oldest examples of cave paintings are how old?
	a	10,000 years
	b	20,000 years
	c	30,000 years
	d	40,000 years
	12) The telephone was invented in which year by Alexander Graham Bell?
	a	1876
	b	1896
	c	1926
	d	1946
	13) Sir Isaac Newton the English scientist lived during which period?
	a	905-992
	b	1215-1306
	c	1642-1727
	d	1878-1945
	14) The oldest skis in the world have been in Scandinavia and date back to when?
	a	1000 years
	b	2000 years
	c	5000 years
	d	10000 years
	15) Which ship was not owned by Columbus?
	a	Santa Maria
	b	Nina
	c	Pinta
	d	Santa Barbara
	16) Marco Polo, the great adventurer came from which city?
	a	Venice
	b	Rome
	c	Budapest
	d	Istanbul
	17) The Spanish Armada was famously defeated during whose reign?
	a	Victoria
	b	Elizabeth I
	c	Henry V
	d	George II
	18) Ghengis Khan the famous warrior ( who lived between 1162-1227) came from which country?
	a	China
	b	India
	c	Mongolia
	d	Nepal
	19) Which is the oldest town in the world?
	a	Jericho
	b	Jerusalem
	c	Athens
	d	Constantinople
	20) How many crusades have their been in total?
	a	4
	b	5
	c	7
	d	9

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