Whose last words are reputed to be 'My neck is very slender'?
Anne Boleyn
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Which Spanish king sent his unsuccessful Armada?
Philip H
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Which monarch was murdered in Berkeley Castle?
Edward II
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In Britain, who first held the office that today is known as Prime Minister?
Robert Walpole
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Who with royal connections had the middle name, Warfield?
Mrs Wallis Simpson
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In 1066 how many monarchs ruled England in the year?
Three
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Which ruler referred the English to a nation of shopkeepers?
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Which monarch ordered the execution of Sir Walter Raleigh?
James I
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Which wife gave Henry VIII the male heir that he wanted?
Jane Seymour
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In the '70s who did Idi Amin oust from power in Uganda?
Milton Obote
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Which Emperor of Japan ruled for over 60 years in the 20th century?
Hirohito
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What was the name of Donald Trump running mate in 2016 presidential race?
Mike Pence
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Who was the world's first female Prime Minister?
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
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In which decade did Juan Carlos I become King of Spain?
1970's
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Robert Mugabe was Prime Minister and president of which country?
Zimbabwe
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Who became Ireland's first female president?
Mary Robinson
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Brazil was once a colony of which European country?
Portugal
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Which African country was Idi Amin president of?
Uganda
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Which African country merged with Zanzibar in 1964 to form the Republic of Tanzania?
Tanganyika
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If you were standing in the location of the ancient city of Byzantium, which modern day city would you be in?
Istanbul
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From which country did Lebanon gain independence on 22nd November 1943?
France
The Great Pyramid at Giza is the only one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world still standing. What were the other wonders?
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece. the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. the Colossus of Rhodes. the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt.
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Which country used to be called Siam?
Thailand
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What name was given to the 3.2 million year old Australopithecus afarensis bones found in Ethiopia in 1974, which is an early ancestor of homo sapiens?
Lucy
Which scientist was charged with heresy in 1633 for his view that the earth orbits the sun?
Galileo Galilei
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Which head of the Lyceum in Athens published Historia Plantarum, the ?rst serious treatise on botany?
Theophrastus
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The modern branch of mathematics called algebra came to the West from which area?
The Arabic world, where it was known as al-jabr
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What was the primary objective of the alchemists of the middle ages, whose early experiments with metals and minerals were the forerunner of chemistry?
To find or create the Philosophers Stone
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