[YNP] 10 Questions About History

Question 1

D7 - Questions About History

When was William Shakespeare born?

Answer 1

23 April 1564

Question 2

D7 - Questions About History

On what date did the Battle of Culloden take place?

Answer 2

16 April 1746

Question 3

D7 - Questions About History

Who was Henry VIll’s first wife?

Answer 3

Catherine of Aragon

Question 4

D7 - Questions About History

Which famous battle between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy took place on 21 October 1805?

Answer 4

Battle of Trafalgar

Question 5

D7 - Questions About History

Who became the British prime minister after Winston Churchill in 1955?

Answer 5

Sir Robert Anthony Eden, The 1st Earl of Avon

Question 6

D7 - Questions About History

When did Margaret Thatcher become prime minister of the UK?

Answer 6

1979

Question 7

D7 - Questions About History

When did the Cold War end?

Answer 7

1991. (The Berlin wall came down in 1989, but the Soviet Union did not dissolve until 1991.)

Question 8

D7 - Questions About History

Who was the architect who designed London’s Millennium Dome?

Answer 8

Richard Rogers

Question 9

D7 - Questions About History

When did the Eurostar train service between Britain and France start running?

Answer 9

14 November 1994

Question 10

D7 - Questions About History

When was the euro introduced as legal currency on the world market?

Answer 10

1 January 1999