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
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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, in 1963 said: 'Let us seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of hatred and bitterness'?
Martin Luther King
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In which state was Henry Ford born in 1863? It was also the state in which he died in 1947
Michigan
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Which two countries signed a peace agreement at Camp David in 1978?
Egypt and Israel
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Name the Roman Gladiator and rebel who led a revolt against the Roman Empire between 73 and 71 BC?
Spartacus
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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
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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
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Who was appointed the head of the Spanish Inquisition in 1483?
Tomas de Torquemada
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Who was the Roman emperor at the time of St Paul's execution, circa 64 AD?
Nero
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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
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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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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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