Which Spanish king sent his unsuccessful Armada?
Philip H
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Who was the first Prince of Wales?
Edward (later Edward II)
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Which English queen married Prince George of Denmark?
Queen Anne
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Apart from Mad George which kinder nickname did George HI have?
Farmer George
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The House of Lancaster kings were all called what?
Henry
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At the Siege of Mafeking who led the British forces?
Robert Baden-Powell
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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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Queen Elizabeth II's grandfather was which monarch?
George V
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Whose last words are reputed to be 'My neck is very slender'?
Anne Boleyn
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In the '70s who did Idi Amin oust from power in Uganda?
Milton Obote
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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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Who became Ireland's first female president?
Mary Robinson
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In which country would you find 8 of the world's 10 highest mountains?
Nepal
some are wholly in Nepal (3), others are partly in China (4), 1 is partly in India) All are all in the Himalaya range
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Which two South American countries are landlocked?
Bolivia and Paraguay
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How much of Australia is classified as desert?
- 12%
- 18%
- 21%
- 25%
18%
But about 35% of the Australian continent receives so little rain, it is practically desert
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The Trevi Fountain is a famous fountain found in which European capital city?
Rome
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Which countrys flag consists of red, yellow, and green horizontal stripes with a black star in the middle?
- Ghana
- Zambia
- Lesotho
Ghana
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Who was the last Viceroy of India?
Lord Louis Mountbatten
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Richard III died at which battle?
Bosworth Field
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Which British monarch succeeded Queen Victoria?
Edward VII
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Who was appointed the head of the Spanish Inquisition in 1483?
Tomas de Torquemada
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Mary Todd was the wife of which US president?
Lincoln
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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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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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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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Who was president of the USA throughout World War One?
Woodrow Wilson
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