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| 1. | What name is given to the 32-month military conflict between the United States and the British Empire in the 19th century? |
| 2. | The 1964 film Zulu is a depiction of what 1879 battle during the Anglo-Zulu war? |
| 3. | In what modern-day country was Karl Marx born in 1818? |
| 4. | Who was British Prime Minister from October 1963 to October 1964? |
| 5. | In what modern day country did Henry Morton Stanley reputedly utter the famous words "Dr Livingstone, I presume?" in 1869? |
| 6. | On 3rd March 1991, who was videotaped being severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers, causing a public outcry? |
| 7. | What three year old girl was gifted a puppy called Pushinka by Nikita Khrushchev in June 1961? |
| 8. | Who was excommunicated by The Pope at the Diet of Worms in 1521? |
| 9. | Fulgencio Batista was overthrown as dictator of what country on 1st January 1959? |
| 10. | From 1520 to his death in 1566, Suleiman the Magnificent was the tenth and longest-reigning Emperor of where? |
| 11. | One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, in which country was the Statue of Zeus located? |
| 12. | What was the name of the charter signed by Roosevelt and Churchill on 14th August 1941? |
| 13. | Witnessed by Jimmy Carter, what was the name of the agreement signed by Anwar El Sadat and Menachem Begin on 17th September 1978? |
| 14. | Who became the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932? |
| 15. | In an address to a joint session of Congress in 1941, who said, "No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory."?
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| 16. | In what modern-day country was double Nobel-prize winner Marie Curie born? |
| 17. | What was the name of the ship that carried Robert Falcon Scott to his fateful last expedition? |
| 18. | In January 2011, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was forced to quit as President of what country? |
| 19. | From 1901, what was the de facto Capital of Australia and home to its federal parliament until moved to Canberra in 1927? |
| 20. | What is the name of the Polish electrician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983? |
| 21. | What incumbent president was the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize? |
| 22. | What name is given to the line surveyed between 1763 and 1767 in the resolution of a border dispute involving Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware in Colonial America? |
| 23. | In what year did the Titanic sink? |
| 24. | How did the dog Laika become famous in 1957? |
| 25. | In the harbour of what city was the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior sunk by French foreign intelligence services on 10th July 1985? |
| 26. | How many funnels did the RMS Titanic have? |
| 27. | Who deposed Milton Obote during a military coup in January 1971? |
| 28. | On 7th December 1787, what became the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, thereby becoming known as The First State? |
| 29. | First to arrive on scene, what was the name of the passenger steamship that rescued most of the survivors after the sinking of the Titanic? |
| 30. | In what country were outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid killed in 1908 after a gunfight with local soldiers? |
| 31. | What English inventor created the first practical steam engine in 1712, using a piston to pump water from a mine? |
| 32. | The youngest and oldest men to be elected President of the United States took office on the same day twenty years apart. Who were they? |
| 33. | Who was U.S. President when Hawaii became the 50th state? |
| 34. | In what modern day country was Adolf Hitler born? |
| 35. | What country did Napoleon's Grande Armée invade in June 1812, only to face heavy defeat and retreat five months later? |
| 36. | In a competition in October 1829, what beat Cycloped, Novelty, Perseverance and Sans Pareil? |
| 37. | Who was put on trial in northern France in January 1431 for capital crimes of public heresy that included wearing men's clothes? |
| 38. | Who is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated? |
| 39. | In what city was the RMS Titanic built? |
| 40. | Richard Nixon served two terms as Vice President under what U.S. President? |
| 41. | While millions of people watched live on NBC, who killed who on 24th November 1963? |
| 42. | What was the name of the Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship that rescued most of the survivors of RMS Titanic after it struck an iceberg and sank on 15th April 1912? |
| 43. | What two countries were the primary belligerents in the First Indochina War between 1946 and 1954? |
| 44. | What American human rights activist was assassinated on 21st February 1965? |
| 45. | What country declared independence from the Netherlands on 4th October 1830? |
| 46. | The transistor radio, integrated circuit, videotape, and correction fluid were all invented in what decade of the 20th century? |
| 47. | Named after the mother of the pilot, what was the name of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima? |
| 48. | Who was Mayor of Berlin when the Berlin Wall was built and later became Chancellor of West Germany? |
| 49. | In the UK, which Hanoverian monarch reigned the longest? |
| 50. | Completed in 1884 in the United States, what was briefly the tallest man made structure in the world until the 300m Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889? |
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