| 140701. |
Which Roman emperor founded Constantinople
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1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140702. |
What was the nickname of film comedian Joseph Francis Keaton
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140703. |
What was the magical land created in a series of book by CS Lewis
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140704. |
How many gospels are there in the bible
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140705. |
Who was the first European to cross the Indian Ocean
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140706. |
What was the youngest age at which someone was allowed to work in Britain after 1819
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140707. |
Who was the Japanese emperor during WW II
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140708. |
Which major jazz composer and bandleader was known as 'Duke'
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140709. |
Which country did Britain and her allies fight against in the Crimean War
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140710. |
Which famous screen character was played by champion swimmer Johnny Weissmuller
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140711. |
Which Indian prime minister was killed by her bodyguards in 1984
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140712. |
What cartoon character was created by Georges Herge
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140713. |
What kind of food was a medieval 'chewet'
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140714. |
What was produced by a 'spinning jenny'
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140715. |
What was William Golding's first novel, published in 1953
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140716. |
What kind of food was 'pottage'
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140717. |
Which Russian composer caused a riot with his ultra-modern Rite of Spring
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140718. |
Which country was crossed for the first time by Burke & Wills
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140719. |
What is the largest public square in the world
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140720. |
What was the first full length movie with sound, made in 1927
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140721. |
Who rowed Bonnie Prince Charlie to safety in 1746
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140722. |
Who is the Buddhist leader of the Tibetan people
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140723. |
What was the most important weapon used by the English & Welsh at Agincourt in 1415
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140724. |
Which Cornishman invented the first steam locomotive in 1803
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140725. |
In which city was the 'skyscraper' invented in 1885
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140726. |
Which Englishman kept a famous diary from 1660 to 1669
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140727. |
What nationality was Prince Henry the Navigator
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140728. |
Which bay was the site of the first Australian settlement
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140729. |
Who founded the Methodist faith
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140730. |
What was the surname of the English King Henry VIII
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140731. |
Who invented the chemical battery
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140732. |
What was King John of England forced to sign in 1215
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140733. |
What was the name given to German V-1 rockets, during WWII
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140734. |
Which German brother collected three famous volumes of fairy tales
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140735. |
What was kept in a medieval 'stew pond'
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140736. |
Which famous US pioneer paved the way for settlers in 1775
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140737. |
Which Shawnee chief became a British Army officer in 1812
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140738. |
What was the name of Columbus's flagship in 1492
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140739. |
What new form of art was pioneered by WH Fox Talbot in the 1840's
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140740. |
What was the first postage stamp called
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140741. |
what colour was the penny black postage stamp changed to in 1841
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140742. |
What giant tapestry shows the story of the Norman invasion of England
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140743. |
What method of communication was invented in 1837
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140744. |
Which Danish author wrote The Snow Queen
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140745. |
What religion were the Huguenots
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140746. |
What did Karl Marx write with Friedrich Engles, in 1848
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140747. |
Who invented the safety lamp for miners in 1816
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140748. |
In which continent is the country of Benin
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140749. |
Which nurse organized a hospital for British troops during the Crimean War
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140750. |
Which empire did Cortes destroy in 1521
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140751. |
Which Persian astronomer is best known for his poems or 'Rubaiyat'
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140752. |
Which Native American princess saved the life of settler John Smith in 1606
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140753. |
Which Irishman set up shelters for over 50,000 homeless children
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140754. |
What poem did Dante write about heaven & hell
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140755. |
Which literary character was supposedly based on Vlad the Impaler
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140756. |
Which Indian river is holy to Hindus
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140757. |
How many crusades were there
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140758. |
Which steamship of 1843 was the first to cross the Atlantic using a screw propeller
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140759. |
Who was the last Tsar of Russia
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140760. |
What was the name of Alexander the Greats favourite horse
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140761. |
Where was the empire ruled by Akbar the Great
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140762. |
Which famous battle took place in 1916
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140763. |
What man-made structure is 4800 km long
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140764. |
Which Roman poet wrote the poem The Aeneid
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140765. |
What is a troubadour
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140766. |
Which castle in London was built at around the time of William the Conqueror
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140767. |
Who discovered Botany Bay
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140768. |
An ancient war machine for launching missiles
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140769. |
Famous white marble mausoleum at Agra, India
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140770. |
For what occupation was Jesus trained
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140771. |
Which volcano erupted in AD 62, killing the occupants of Pompeii
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140772. |
Which countrys coastline did Matthew Flinders explore in about 1800
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140773. |
Which Irish saint was once captured and sold as a slave
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140774. |
Which Hindu god has an elephants head
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140775. |
Who tried to blow up the British Houses of Parliament in 1605
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140776. |
Which English county is named after the East Saxons
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140777. |
What year were x-rays discovered
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140778. |
Which Roman emperor ordered the building of a frontier wall across northern England in AD122
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140779. |
Who made the first vaccine against rabies
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140780. |
Which female East Anglian leader rebelled against Roman rule in AD122
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140781. |
When did the ancient Egyptians devise the 365 day calendar
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140782. |
Which influential book on mathematics did Euclid write
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140783. |
Which king ordered the compilation of the Doomsday Book
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140784. |
At the tip of which continent is Cape Horn
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140785. |
Who was the king of the Roman gods
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140786. |
Which German General was nicknamed The Desert Fox
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140787. |
Explorers in South America caught and ate cavies. What are cavies
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140788. |
Who was the first pope
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140789. |
Which country used Zero fighter planes during World War II
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140790. |
Against whom did Richard the Lionheart fight in the Crusades
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140791. |
What nationality was Charlie Chaplin
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140792. |
The name of the barrier lowered to block a castles gateway
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140793. |
What was the real name of the novelist George Eliot
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140794. |
In what year did work start on the first Channel Tunnel
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140795. |
Who developed the jet engine in the 1930s
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140796. |
What part of a knights armour was a basinet
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140797. |
Who wrote Far From the Madding Crowd
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140798. |
Who painted the famous picture Water-Lilies in about 1921
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140799. |
Which Soviet leader called himself Man of Steel
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 140800. |
What treaty saw the end of the American Civil War
|
1 |
1 |
100 |