History Quiz

[J. J.]

1. What is Martin Luther reputed as having said at the Diet of Worms in 1520?

"Here I stand.  I can no other, God help me. Amen."  In German.

2. Calvin was under whose pupillage during his exile from Geneva in Strasburg (modern day Strasbourg)?
Zwingli

EMSWORTH 3. Which family dominated the position of Holy Roman Emperor?

Habsburgs

EMSWORTH 4. Who founded the Jesuit order?
Ignaious Loyola

5.  The sale of indulgences by which Dominican monk in Ducal Saxony prompted Luther to write his 95 theses in 1517?
Tetzel

6. Which Radical was banished by Frederick the Wise following his Sermon before the Princes and later was a leader of the Peasant's Revolt?
Ernst of Mansfield?

7. With which French King did Duke Maurice of Saxony make an agreement against the Holy Roman Empire Charles V?
Francis I

8. In which battle was Huldrych Zwingli killed in 1531?

9. Which humanist was the author of the Enchiridion and the Praise of Folly?
Erasmus

EMSWORTH 10.Which Pope switched sides from the Habsburgs to the Valois resulting in the sacking of Rome and refused Henry VIII of England a divorce?

Clemment V (not sure of the post nominal)

[J. J.]

Actually, it's Hapsburg not Habsburg.

Actually, "Hapsburg" is a variant spelling of "Habsburg."

[J. J.]

12. In 1880 who became Chairman of the Irish Nationalist Party?
O'Conner?

13. What was the name of the pro-Unionist group who imported thousands of German rifles in 1914?
Black and Tans (or Tams)

14. In which mutiny did 57 out of 80 army officers resign their commission in July 1914?
Curragh mutiny


16. What is the full official name of the 1920 Act granting Home Rule.
Don't know

17. Who was largely responsible for the organization of the Easter Rising in 1916?
Sir Roger Casement

18. Who was leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1900 until 1918?

Eamon de Valera

20. Who were the two principle leaders of the Liberal Unionists who split from the Liberal Party over Home Rule in 1886?
Spencer Cavindish (Lord Hartingan, Duke of Devonshire), Joseph Chamberland

11, 15 and 19 correct.

[J. J.]

For 17, I'll Michael Collins; I saw the film, but couldn't remember the name.

[J. J.]

8. In which battle was Huldrych Zwingli killed in 1531?


My only guess, without looking it up, is the Battle of Luttzen?

[J. J.]

16. What is the full official name of the 1920 Act granting Home Rule.
Government of Ireland Act 1920

That is the official short title, not the full title.

Let me guess: "An Act to provide for the Government of Ireland."

So close......missing one word.

Royal?

[J. J.]

Quite easy question here:

Name the only state to be carried with a higher percent of the vote than the District of Columbia in the same election and name what the two elections were.

Without looking, and making a guess, Utah, 1980, 1984?

[J. J.]

What British prime minister was nicknamed "Pretty Fanny?"

[J. J.]

What British prime minister was nicknamed "Pretty Fanny?"

Arthur Balfour

Very good!

[J. J.]

1. Who was the last non-cardinal to be elected Pope?
Ardian VI?

2. Which Emperor attempted to return Rome from Christianity to paganism during the fourth century AD?
Julian the Apostate.

3. To whom did the Spanish King Charles II bequeath his dominions?

Phillip of Bourbon?

4. Who said that the Holy Roman Empire was "neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire?"
Voltaire

5. Which British monarch was the last to claim the French Throne?
George II (George III renounced the claim)