History 
1. Who was the 1st post-war prime minister of Britain? - Clement Attlee - jaysay
2. In which war was the battle of Marston Moor? - English Civil War - terrywit
3. Who was the famous wife of the less famous Leofric, Earl of Mercia? - Lady Godiva - Churchill
4. How many kings of England have been named William? - Four - jaysay
5. Where was Dick Turpin hanged? - York - jaysay
6. What was the purpose of Project Osma? - First attempt to find life on another planet
7. In 1969, France, Holland, Spain and the UK all tied for first place in which contest? - Eurovision Song Contest - jaysay
8. In 1975, who was the first footballer ever to score 5 goals in an international at Wembley? - Malcolm MacDonald - jaysay
9. Under whose presidency was racial discrimination made illegal? - John f Kennedy - Churchill
10. Which president ordered the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? - Harry Truman - poppy
11. Which President of the USSR encouraged the policy of Glassnost? - Mr Gorbachov
12. Name the commoner who ruled England in 1653-58? - Oliver Cromwell - Sillelagh
13. In which American city was the world's first skyscraper built in 1885? - Chicago - Kels97
14. Name the only boxer to knock out Mohammed Ali - Larry Holmes 1980 - Bruv
15. Name the South African surgeon who carried out the first heart transplant operation. - Christian Barnard - Kels97
16. The revolutionary newspaper, Pravda was first published in 1912...but WHERE? - Russia - Bruv
17. What was the American codename for the development of the atom bomb? - Manhatton Project - Churchill
18. Which airline owned the jet that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988? - Pan Am - jaysay
19. Which book catapulted Germaine Greer to fame? - The Female Eunach - Bruv
20. What was the given name of Stalin's daughter who defected to the US in 1967? - Svetlana - Churchill
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