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50 randomly selected History questions for quizmasters.

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1.The first woman to hold either office, who was Mayor of Auckland City from 1983 to 1990, and the 16th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1990 to 1996?
2.What happened to Jorge Mario Bergoglio on 13th March 2013?
3.In 1959, what car manufacturer became the first to include three-point seatbelts in their modern form as standard equipment?
4.Which Wild West Sheriff shot Billy the Kid?
5.From what capital city was the Al Jazeera TV network launched in 1996?
6.The Yalta Conference decided on the post-war partition of what nation?
7.On what day of the week was Pearl Harbor attacked in 1941?
8.What was the name of the ship commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to Australia and New Zealand between 1769 and 1771?
9.Who is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated?
10.What was unusual about Mel Carnahan's United States Senate election victory over John Ashcroft in Missouri on 7th November 2000?
11.A series of widespread but unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front, in what year was the famous Christmas truce of World War I?
12.Who succeeded Georges Pompidou as French President in 1974?
13.Which founder of modern Turkey delivered a 36 hour long speech over 6 days in 1927?
14.What American human rights activist was assassinated on 21st February 1965?
15.Complete this famous quote from June 1963:
... and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words ...

16.On 7th December 1787, what became the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, thereby becoming known as The First State?

17.Born in Leicester, England on 5th August 1862, by what name is Joseph Merrick better known?
18.How many U.S. presidents have been assassinated while in office?
19.What Mexican Revolutionary General was shot dead in July 1923?
20.The Jewish festival of Hanukkah celebrates a victory over what ancient empire in 166 BC?
21.On what Greek island was the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, born on 10th June 1921?
22.Who was the first divorcee to take office as President of the United States?
23.During which battle, on the 25th October 1854, did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?
24.Who was U.S. president on VE day?
25.Known as El Libertador, or the Liberator, what nationality was Simón Bolívar?
26.Sealed under oath by King John, in what year was the Magna Carta published?
27.The capital of a newly built Spanish colony in Asia, in 1571, what did King Philip II of Spain designate as the "Distinguished and Ever Loyal City"?
28.What was the capital of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 2006?
29.How many crew members were aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger when it broke apart shortly after liftoff in January 1986?
30.In what year did the CD first become commercially available?
31.What nationality was 19th century jeweller Gustav Fabergé?
32.Beginning in June 1941, what 'B' was the codename used for the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II?

33.The Dardanelles Campaign took place during which war?
34.Born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov in April 1870, by what name is this famous historical figure more commonly known?
35.Who, briefly, became President of Germany upon the death of Adolf Hitler on 30th April 1945?
36.With a collective total of over 18 years in office, who is Australia's longest ever serving Prime Minister?
37.What movement was founded in Switzerland in 1693 by Jakob Ammann?
38.What was the name of the Greenpeace ship sunk in Auckland harbour, New Zealand, on 10th July 1985?
39.What apostle is generally considered the first Pope of the Catholic Church?
40.What battle took place between 1st July and 18th November 1916, during which more than 1,000,000 men were wounded or killed?
41.Who did George W. Bush defeat in the December 2000 presidential election?
42.With 25.1% of the vote, who came second to Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries?
43.What battle took place on 21st October 1805?
44.What King of England signed the Magna Carta on 15th June 1215?
45.How old was Anne Frank when she died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945?
46.In January 2011, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was forced to quit as President of what country?
47.Name both the captain and the ship that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef on 11th June 1770?
48.Who is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated?
49.Written in 1902, what made Francisco Tárrega's Gran Vals the most listened to song of the 1990s and 2000s?

50.During the Lebanese Civil War in the 80s, what colour was assigned to the line of demarcation in Beirut?


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