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In which country, in 1989 was opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi placed under house arrest for her outspoken attacks on the country military rulers?

Burma (Myanmar)

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Who was president when the USA entered the first World War?

Coolidge

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In which decade was London's 'Crystal Palace' destroyed by fire?

1930's

On the bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1941, who said: 'Our enemies have performed a brilliant feat of deception, perfectly timed and executed whit great skill'?

President Franklin D Roosevelt

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Which two African politicians jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993?

Nelson Mandela and Fredrick W de Klerk

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Which war ended in 1902 with the treaty of Vereeniging?

The Boer War

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Who became President of the Fifth Republic on 8th January 1959?

Charles De Gaulle

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Who, in 1963 said: 'Let us seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of hatred and bitterness'?

Martin Luther King

In which state was Henry Ford born in 1863? It was also the state in which he died in 1947

Michigan

Which two countries signed a peace agreement at Camp David in 1978?

Egypt and Israel

Name the Roman Gladiator and rebel who led a revolt against the Roman Empire between 73 and 71 BC?

Spartacus

Who was president of the USA throughout World War One?

Woodrow Wilson

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The Treaty of Panmunjom ended which war?

Korean war

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The Virgin Islands of the United States, a territory in the West Indies, were bought by the USA in 1917 from which European country?

Denmark

In 1940, who did Hitler make marshal of the Reich, or Reichmarshal, the first and only holder of that rank?

Hermann Goering

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Who was the war commissar who led the Red Army to victory in the Russian civil war of 1918 to 1920?

Trotsky

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Mary Todd was the wife of which US president?

Lincoln

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At the end of the 18th century, where did a man named Toussaint-L'Ouverture lead a rebellion?

Haiti

Who was appointed the head of the Spanish Inquisition in 1483?

Tomas de Torquemada

Who was the Roman emperor at the time of St Paul's execution, circa 64 AD?

Nero

What name is given to the period between Napoleon's return to France after his escape from Elba, until his final defeat at Waterloo?

Hundred Days

Which British monarch succeeded Queen Victoria?

Edward VII

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Richard III died at which battle?

Bosworth Field

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Who was the last Viceroy of India?

Lord Louis Mountbatten

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Which English monarch married Eleanor of Aquitaine?

Henry II

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Who was the last wife of Henry VIII?

Catherine Parr

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Which country did Britain fight in the War of Jenkins' Ear?

Spain

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At the Siege of Mafeking who led the British forces?

Robert Baden-Powell

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The House of Lancaster kings were all called what?

Henry

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Apart from Mad George which kinder nickname did George HI have?

Farmer George

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