Who introduced the compulsory loading line on ships?, Samuel Plimsoll, William Wilberforce, William Pitt, Benjamin Disraeli, Sir Robert Peel, Samuel Plimsoll
Which political leader was once a research chemist?, David Owen, Margaret Thatcher, David Steel, Neil Kinnock, Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher
What nationality was Adolf Hitler?, Hungarian, German, Austrian, Swiss, Bulgarian, Austrian
Who founded the Salvation Army?, Lord Baden Powell, John Wesley, John Knox, William Booth, John Smyth, William Booth
Who founded the RLNI?, Sir William Booth, Lord Baden Powell, Sir Edmund Hillary, Samuel Plimsoll, Sir William Hillary, Sir William Hillary
Who introduced printing to Britain in 1476?, William Caxton, William Booth, William Blake, William Conrad, William Fletcher, William Caxton
Who was Norma Jean Baker better known as?, Diana Dors, Maralyn Monroe, Gloria Swanson, Mae West, Jean Harlowe, Maralyn Monroe
Who introduced postage stamps to Britain in 1840?, Sir Robert Peel, Benjamin Disraeli, Sir Rowland Hill, William Wilberforce, William Gladstone, Sir Rowland Hill
Who was William H. Bonney better known as?, The Sundance Kid, Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickock, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid
Which archbishop led the English Reformation?, Whitgift, Moore, Wolsey, Latimer, Cranmer, Cranmer
Who coined the term iron curtain?, Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Marshall, Harold Macmillan, John F. Kennedy, Winston Churchill
Who was the first non Italian Pope?, John Paul I, John Paul II, Pius XI, Pius XII, John XXIII, John Paul II
Who first rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?, Vasco Da Gama, Bartolomeu Dias, Porfirio Diaz, Fedinand Magellan, Christopher Columbus, Bartolomeu Dias
Who discovered Newfoundland?, Christopher Columbus, James Cook, Sir Frances Drake, John Cabot, Sir Walter Raleigh, John Cabot
Who invented the first mechanical calculating machine?, Gugliemo Marconi, Philo Remington, Isaac Singer, Arnold Dolmetsch, Charles Babbage, Charles Babbage
Who was prime minister of Britain from 1957-1963?, Harold Macmillan, Harold Wilson, Alec Douglas-Home, Anthony Eden, Winston Churchill, Harold Macmillan
In which country was Trotsky assassinated?, USA, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic?, Amy Johnston, Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Amelia Earhart, Brenda Fisher, Elizabeth Fry, Amelia Earhart
What did William Wilberforce abolish?, gin palaces, prostitution, child workers, slavery, pit ponies, slavery
Who was Big Ben named after?, Benjamin Disraeli, Ben Jonson, Ben Travis, Richard Bennett, Sir Benjamin Hall, Sir Benjamin Hall
Who married Edward VIII?, Mrs Simpson, Mrs Wallace, Mrs Bowes-Lyon, Mrs Mountbatten, Mrs Sibson, Mrs Simpson
In which war did Florence Nightingale tend the troops?, The Boer War, The Crimean War, The 1st World War, The Franco-Prussian war, The Balcan War, The Crimean War
Who was the 1st man to fly solo across The Atlantic?, Louis Bleriot, Orville Wright, Charles Lindbergh, A.V. Roe, Paul Von Hindenburg, Charles Lindbergh
Who designed the Menai Suspension Bridge?, Ismbard Kingdom Brunel, John Macadam, George Stevenson, Thomas Telford, Jack Metcalf, Thomas Telford
In which country was Saint Patrick born?, England, Wales, Ireland, France, Scotland, Scotland
Who was the British pioneer of the jet engine?, Sir Frank Whittle, Sir Neville Barnes Wallis, Sir John Cockroft, Douglas Bader, A.V. Roe, Sir Frank Whittle
Who was the first man to set foot on the Moon?, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, Jim Lovell, Major White, Neil Armstrong
Who played Budgie in the TV series?, Cliff Richard, Billy Fury, Adam Faith, Marty Wilde, Gene Vincent, Adam Faith
Which Victorian engineer has a university named after him?, Ismbard Kingdom Brunel, George Stephenson, Robert Stephenson, Thomas Telford, Sir Nigel Gresley, Ismbard Kingdom Brunel
Whose plane was called Flyer?, Louis Bleriot, Charles Lindbergh, Amy Johnson, Amelia Earhart, The Wright Brothers, The Wright Brothers
Who was known as the virgin queen?, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Mary, Mary Queen of Scots, Queen Anne, Queen Jane, Queen Elizabeth I
Who regained leadership of Czechoslovakia in 1990?, Adam Mickiewicz, Alexander Dubcek, Leonid Leonov, Michail Lermontov, Richard Hakluyt, Alexander Dubcek
Who was Martha Jane Burke better known as?, Maralyn Monroe, Diana Dors, Calamity Jane, Jane Russel, Jane Mansfield, Calamity Jane
Which planet did Percival Lovell discover?, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Pluto, Neptune, Pluto
Who was captain of the Bounty before the crew mutinied?, Captain Cook, Captain Bowman, Captain Hood, Captain Silver, Captain Bligh, Captain Bligh
Who was the first president of Kenya following independance?, Jomo Kenyatta, Moise Tshombe, Idi Amin, Kenneth Kaunda, Gamel Nasser, Jomo Kenyatta
Who invented the wireless telegraph, John Logie Baird, Gugliemo Marconi, Thomas Eddison, Sir Joseph Swan, Alexander Graham Bell, Gugliemo Marconi
Who was the first man in space?, Neil Armstrong, Colonel Leonov, Yuri Gagarin, Major White, Colonel John Glenn, Yuri Gagarin
Who made the 1st petrol driven car in 1885?, Henry Royce, Charles Rolls, Gotfried Daimler, William Morris, Karl Benz, Karl Benz
What was Gregor Mendel famous for?, composing music, writing plays, Studying physics, inventing codes, studying heredity, studying heredity
Of what was Sir Derek Ezra the chairman?, The National Coal Board, British Rail, British Steel, The National Trust, The G.P.O., The National Coal Board
Who led the Kon-Tiki expedition?, Sir Edmund Hillary, Thor Heyerdahl, Roald Amundsen, Captain Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Thor Heyerdahl
Which actor starred in the film The Graduate?, Peter Fonda, Gregory Peck, Dustin Hoffman, Art Garfunkel, Richard Gere, Dustin Hoffman
Which actor founded the Mermaid theatre?, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Albert Finney, Sir John Gielgud, Sir Bernard Miles, Rex Harrison, Sir Bernard Miles
Who designed the World's fastest steam locomotive?, Oliver Bullied, William Stanier, Edward Thompson, A.H. Peppercorn, Nigel Gresley, Nigel Gresley
Who played Lex Luther in the Superman films?, Gene Hackman, Michael Keaton, Donald Sutherland, Gene Wilder, Brian Blessed, Gene Hackman
Which actress' real name is Ilynea Mironoff?, Hariet Walters, Emma Thompson, Patricia Hodge, Dianna Rigg, Helen Mirren, Helen Mirren
What was Jerome K. Jerome's middle name?, Kevin, Kelvin, Klapka, Kingsley, Karl, Klapka
Who said "I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole"?, W.E. Gladstone, Herbert Asquith, David Lloyd George, Benjamin Disraeli, A. Bonar Law, Benjamin Disraeli
Who was the first king or queen to live in Buckingham Palace?, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Victoria
Which of these U.S. presidents was not assassinated?, Lincoln, Coolidge, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy, Coolidge
What was the gangster Al Capone jailed for?, murder, tax evasion, fraud, burglery, theft, tax evasion
Who was the last Russian Tsar?, Peter, Rasputin, Nicholas II, Nicholas I, Alexander IV, Nicholas II
In what ship did Darwin sail to the Galapagos Islands?, Discovery, Endeavour, Cutty Sark, Beagle, Pelican, Beagle
How many Marx brothers were there?, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5
Over which country was Haile Selassie emperor?, Ethiopia, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Egypt, Ethiopia
Which DJ broadcast the first Radio 1 Programme?, Tony Prince, Tony Blackburn, John Peel, Kenny Everett, Terry Wogan, Tony Blackburn
Over which country was Juan Peron a leader?, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina
Who was the founder of modern quantum theory?, Ernest Rutherford, Albert Einstein, John Cockroft, Max Planck, Neils Bohr, Max Planck
Where was Che Guevara executed?, Cuba, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Bolivia
What was Gerardus Mercator famous for?, map making, philosophy, physics, genetics, voyages of discovery, map making
Whose slogan was you've never had it so good?, Winston Churchill, Harold Macmillan, Anthony Eden, Alec Douglas-Home, Harold wilson, Harold Macmillan
Who originated Jasper ware?, Joseph Wedgewood, Jeremy Wedgewood, Josiah Wedgewood, Jeffery Wedgewood, Jarod Wedgewood, Josiah Wedgewood
Which well known actor had a daughter called Vanessa?, Lawrence Olivier, James Mason, Richard Burton, Michael Redgrave, Derek Jacobi, Michael Redgrave
Which actor starred in the 1924 film The Gold Rush?, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy, Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin
What were Fuchs and Hillary the first to cross?, The Antarctic, The Arctic, The Saharah Desert, The Gobi Desert, The Himalayas, The Antarctic
What was Elvis Presley's first film?, Blue Hawaii, Love Me Tender, Kid Creole, G I Blues, Summer Holiday, Love Me Tender
What nationality was Che Guevara?, Chilean, Brazilian, Argentinian, Cuban, Bolivian, Argentinian
Which colony did Sir Stamford Raffles found in 1819?, Hong Kong, Rhodesia, Kenya, Singapore, South Africa, Singapore
In which country was Malcolm Frazer once Prime Minister?, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, Rhodesia, Australia, Australia
What nationality was Chriatopher Columbus?, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Maltese, Italian
Who was Saint Swithun?, Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Winchester, Archbishop of York, Bishop of Durham, Bishop of Lincoln, Bishop of Winchester
Cleopatra was queen of which country?, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Cyprus, Malta, Egypt
What nationality was Madame Curie?, French, Belgian, Italian, Polish, Hungarian, Polish
Who was the female star of Doctor Zhivago?, Katharine Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Brigitte Bardot, Jane Fonda, Julie Christie, Julie Christie
Who wrote the play Romanoff and Juliet?, Peter Ustinov, Arthur Miller, Joe Godber, Harold Pinter, Terence Rattigan, Peter Ustinov
Which scientist wrote the Principia?, Humphrey Davey, Sir Isaac Newton, Gallileo, Robert Boyle, James Maxwell, Sir Isaac Newton
Who was India's first woman Prime Minister?, Mrs Nehru, Mrs Shastri, Mrs Gandhi, Mrs Marcos, Mrs Patna, Mrs Gandhi
What was the flagship of Lord Nelson?, Ark Royal, Invincible, Cutty Sark, Victory, Majestic, Victory
What was Billie Jean King's maiden name?, Smith, Turner, Bloomer, French, Moffitt, Moffitt
