History Guild Quizzes

1. Pictured in 1662, which city is this?
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1. When was the ‘New Model Army’ created?
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1. What was the name of Francis Drake’s flagship on his Pacific expedition?
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1. Which country did the USA purchase the Louisiana Territory from?
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1. What practice did Martin Luther criticise in his Ninety-five Theses?
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1. Where and when was this picture taken?
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1. Found in the palace at Knossos, Crete, which is the only Bronze Age Aegean script to have been deciphered?
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1. Where did the Maurya Empire originate?
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1. Where was the Tirpitz sunk?
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1. When did France last execute a prisoner by guillotine?
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1. The term ‘Camelot’ is used to refer to which politician’s administration?
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1. When were debtors prisons abolished in the UK?
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1. When was the First Anglo-Afghan war fought?
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1. Who founded the Quakers in the mid 1600’s?
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1. What is the oldest company in Britain?
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When did Watson and Crick discover the structure of DNA?
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1. How many large ships were sunk during the Falklands War?
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1. What was the code name of the massive Soviet operation that saw them push the German forces back on the Eastern Front in June 1944?
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1. Which civilisation lived along the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys?
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1. The Rum Rebellion of 1808 saw the removal of Governor William Bligh from power. Where did this take place?
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1. In which year was a Tennessee science teacher prosecuted for teaching his students about evolution?
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1. The bombing of Guernica was part of which conflict?
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1. What almost lead to Apollo 11 aborting their moon landing?
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1. What does the Gurka’s famous battle cry ‘Ayo Gurkhali!’ translate to?
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