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A simple (or not?) history quiz... can you win?
This could not be simpler:

*QuestionP* You have one chance to get as many of the following questions correct
*QuestionP* I know you'll have the internet at your fingertips, but please try your hardest not to cheat
*QuestionP* The only answers accepted are the ones I have written down here.
*QuestionP* The person who answers the most questions correct, will be placed on the waiting list for a StoryKids Week MB
*QuestionP* There will be a tiebreak set of questions if needed


(R) denotes a required field.
1.   Who was the British monarch during the 2nd World War? (R)
     
2.   Which US President was assassinated at the theatre? (R)
     
3.   Who was Queen Elizabeth I's husband (R)
     
4.   Who was Henry VIII's first wife? (R)
     
5.   Which unpleasant sounding Ivan was crowned first Tsar of Russia? (R)
     
6.   Which Monarch was forced to sign the Magna Carter (R)
     
7.   Who was the famous General killed at Khartoum? (R)
     
8.   Who had his tomb at the Valley of Kings discovered in the 1920s? (R)
     
9.   Who was the famous captain of the ship the Golden Hind? (R)
     
10.   Inigo Jones followed which profession? (R)
     
11.   Whom does the Albert Hall in London commemorate? (R)
     
12.   To which Monarch did Nell Gwyn display her oranges? (R)
     
13.   Which Queen Marie lost her head in the French Revolution? (R)
     
14.   King George II gave his name to which American state? (R)
     
15.   Who was Richard Nixon's first Vice-President? (R)
     
16.   What was the first name of Mrs Gorbachev? (R)
     
17.   Who was the world's first woman Prime Minister? (R)
     
18.   Robert Mugabe was the Prime Minister & President of which country? (R)
     
19.   In which country did Baby succeed Papa? (R)
     
20.   Which Israeli leader won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978? (R)
     
21.   In which decade did Indira Gandhi first become Indian prime minister? (R)
     
22.   How was Romanian dictator Ceaucescu executed? (R)
     
23.   Who was the first prime minister to give birth while in office? (R)
     
24.   Who was George Bush's Vice-President? (R)
     
25.   Nelson Rockefeller was the Vice-President to which US President? (R)
     
26.   Who was the first president of the Fifth French Republic? (R)
     
27.   The splendidly named King Zog ruled which East European country? (R)
     
28.   What were first used by relay racers in 1893? (R)
     
29.   Which Greek artist painted "View of Toledo"? (R)
     
30.   Which Russian succeeded Lenin? (R)
     
31.   Who was the last viceroy of India? (R)
     
32.   Who was the last wife of Henry VIII? (R)
     
33.   Who had a horse called Bucephalus? (R)
     
34.   Who was the Wisest Fool in Christendom? (R)
     
35.   Whose last words are reputed to be, "my neck is very slender"? (R)
     
36.   Which Spanish King sent his unsuccessful Armada? (R)
     
37.   How did Lord Kitchener die? (R)
     
38.   On which ship did Sir Francis Drake receive his knighthood? (R)
     
39.   To ten year, when was the storming of Bastille? (R)
     
40.   In which century was Geoffrey Chaucer born? (R)
     
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