Next up.....The History set!
1.
This individual died in August 1972, 5 years
after he was knighted by the Queen at Greenwich. During World War II he served
in the RAF as an instructor and between the wars had moved to New Zealand where
he became a successful estate agent. The achievement for which he was knighted
took him 9 months and one day and he shares a surname with a town in West
Sussex. Name this individual who circumnavigated the globe in the Gypsy Moth?
Sir Francis
Chichester
2.
If black represents the dark past, and red
represents blood shed in times of war, what does the colour Green represent on
the flag of Afghanistan and several other middle eastern nations?
Islam (Prompt or
Accept Religion)
3.
In March 2002, following a turbulent Presidential election, which
country was suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses
and electoral fraud?
Zimbabwe
4.
In what decade of the 19th Century
was the Royal Albert Hall officially opened?
1870s
5.
This organisation has its Headquarters in
Washington DC and currently has 189 countries as members. It was formed in 1944
at the Bretton Woods Conference based on the ideas of Harry White and John
Maynard Keynes and began its formal operations the year after with the goal of
reconstructing the international payments system. Name this organisation of
which Christine Lagarde is current managing director?
International
Monetary Fund (Accept IMF)
6.
This Roman Emperor was the first to have both a father and a grandfather as the two
preceding emperors. He co-ruled as Roman Emperor with his father from 177 to
180 AD, before taking the reins and was assassinated in 192 AD. Name this individual who was the son of
Marcus Aurelius and depicted in the 2000 movie Gladiator by Joaquin Phoenix?
Commodus
7.
Which
individual founded the Wall Street Journal and along with Edward Jones created
a stock market index that was first calculated in 1896?
Charles Dow
8.
With a name translating in the local
language as “Warrior King”, this African
nation was the home of the 18th Century “Ashanti Empire”. In 1957
this nation was the first sub-Saharan African nation to become independent of
European colonisation. In the same year, the country adopted its current name
and flag, which at its centre contains a Black star representing African
emancipation. Name this country with its capital city at Accra?
Ghana
9. Taking
place between 1932 and 1935, the Chaco War was fought between Paraguay and
which other South American nation?
Bolivia
10.
Signed in 1916 and named after an island in the
Ionian sea, what name is given to the treaty that made possible the creation of
the Kingdom of Yugoslavia?
Corfu
Declaration
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