Weekly Quiz No.1
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All historical events below occured in November, but in which year?: |
Which year? |
| 1. Mark Twain was born on November 30th. |
a.1835 b.1845 c.1855 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 2. Abraham Lincoln was elected to his 2nd term as US President. |
a.1862 b.1863 c.1864 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 3. Mt. Vesuvius erupts and destroys the town of Pompei. |
a.0069 b.0079 c.0089 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 4. Pakistan becomes an Islamic Republic. |
a.1945 b.1949 c.1953 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 5. Howard Carter dicovers the tomb of King Tutankhamen in Egypt. |
a.1822 b.1872 c.1922 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 6. Gunpowder Plot: Catholics try to blow up the English Parliament. |
a.1605 b.1625 c.1645 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 7. Adolf Hitler stages the unsuccessful 'Beer Hall Putsch' in Munich. |
a.1921 b.1923 c.1925 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 8. Alfred Nobel patents dynamite. |
a.1827 b.1867 c.1907 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 9. Princess Elizabeth marries Duke Philip Mountbatten. |
a.1947 b.1950 c.1953 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
| 10. German residents begin demolishing the 'Berlin Wall'. |
a.1987 b.1989 c.1991 |
| Correct year? _______________ | |
© Compiled by Tony McDermott 2004