JFK's History Quiz

[JohnFKennedy]

Right, seeing as all the history quizzes on this board are US History Quizzes I decided I would make a general one on the history of everything from music to war.

First set of questions:

1. What was the first ever by definition "rock n' roll" song? (rock n' roll = drums, vocals and electric guitar by definition I believe with possibly bass too)

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2. In what year did the Liberal Party (UK) return to power after a stint of twenty years where they only governed for three years and who was the leader at the time?

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3. Who invented the printing press in the fifteenth century in the Holy Roman Empire?

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4. Who was born into the line of succession for Castile, Aragon and Burgundy and later became the Holy Roman Emperor?

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5. What was the name of Erasmus' book mocking Pope Julius II?

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6. Whose economic policies did the Labour government of the 1940s adopt? (They were also adopted by FDR in the thirties)

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7. Who was the great political rival of William Gladstone? (Member of the Conservative party and served as Prime Minister)

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8. Who was the only British Monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg?

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9. What was the name given to the Roman battle formation known in modern terms as the tortoise?

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10. In 1066 three men were vying for the English throne, who were they?

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More will come later.

[JohnFKennedy]

You got 3 (Gutenberg), 4 (Charles V), 6 (Keynes) and 7 (Salisbury/Disraeli both acceptable) correct.

8 is wrong and 10 is partially right, William the Bastard is correct, I was looking for more specifically Harald Hardraade rather than Harald of Norway but I'll accept and the other is Harold Godwine(son) not Haraldson unless it is an alternative name in which case I apologise.

Note on 8, the George V of Windsor kind of makes it a bit obvious it isn't correct.

Questions 1, 2, 5, 6 and 9 still stand.

By the way, you get the numbers a bit muddled up, you answered 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10 not 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 and 10.

[JohnFKennedy]

Some more questions:

11. Who was the first ever elected Labour MP?

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12. Who was British Prime Minister between 1957 and 1963 and advised John F. Kennedy on the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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13. In what year did the United Kingdom join the EEC?

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14. Which former British Prime Minister was commonly known as "The Welsh Goat"?

[JohnFKennedy]

Note on 11 he was elected as an "Independent Labour candidate" in 1892.

[JohnFKennedy]

2. In what year did the Liberal Party (UK) return to power after a stint of twenty years where they only governed for three years and who was the leader at the time?

1830, Earl Grey?

Earl Grey was a Whig, not a Liberal. (Whigs later became a faction of the Liberal party)

Some more questions:

11. Who was the first ever elected Labour MP?

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12. Who was British Prime Minister between 1957 and 1963 and advised John F. Kennedy on the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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13. In what year did the United Kingdom join the EEC?

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14. Which former British Prime Minister was commonly known as "The Welsh Goat"?

11.  John Burnes?

12.  Harold MacMillan

13.  1974

14.  David Lllyod-George

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11. Incorrect

12. Correct

13. Incorrect

14. Correct (spelt Lloyd wrong but I assume typo)

[JohnFKennedy]

1- Rock Around the Clock

Heehee, Yes.

[JohnFKennedy]

1- Rock Around the Clock

Heehee, Yes.

I know important stuff like that and movies.  I leave unimportant stuff, like Britain joining the EEC in 1973 to other people.

Heehee, correct on the EEC.

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15. How many years did William Gladstone serve as Prime Minister for?

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16. Who was the man responsible for bringing down Margaret Thatcher?

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17. Who was the leader of the Labour party at the time of the 1992 election?

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18. Who was the leader of the 1905 peace protests (which is now known as Bloody Sunday following the opening of fire upon the protestors by the Cossacks) in St Petersburg?

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19. Which of Henry VIII's wives survived him?

[JohnFKennedy]

Questions 2, 5, 8, 9 and 11 all remain unanswered as of this post. (Along with the new 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19)

[JohnFKennedy]

15. How many years did William Gladstone serve as Prime Minister for?

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16. Who was the man responsible for bringing down Margaret Thatcher?

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17. Who was the leader of the Labour party at the time of the 1992 election?

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18. Who was the leader of the 1905 peace protests (which is now known as Bloody Sunday following the opening of fire upon the protestors by the Cossacks) in St Petersburg?

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19. Which of Henry VIII's wives survived him?

15.  17 years

16.  Michael Heseltine

17.  Niel Kinnock

18.  Father Georgi Apollonivich Gapon

19.  Katherine Parr

15: Incorrect

16: Incorrect, Heseltine did stand for the leadership of the party in 1990 though (The man I am looking for made a huge speech criticizing Thatcher from the back benches)

17: Correct

18: Correct

[JohnFKennedy]

16: Incorrect, Heseltine did stand for the leadership of the party in 1990 though (The man I am looking for made a huge speech criticizing Thatcher from the back benches)

Sir Edward Heath?

Nope. He was never a huge political player this man. Also note that there were speeches from former leader Harold MacMillian against Thatcher, but this guy's speech prompted the end of Thatcher in 1990.

[JohnFKennedy]

It was Katherine Parr.

question 18? J.J. already got it .

[JohnFKennedy]

Also Katharine of Aragon (though she wasn't still his wife).

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Previously he said Katharine Parr and then added that on.

[JohnFKennedy]

8.  I presume you are referring to Edward VII of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, altho George V did spend seven years on the throne before changing the name to Windsor in 1917.

Indeed I am.

[JohnFKennedy]

Dead Sheep

Eh?

Take a look through the questions Al, there are a few I am sure you could answer, e.g. the one on the first labour mp.

[JohnFKennedy]

11. Who was the first ever elected Labour MP?

Either Keir Hardie (1892 ILP/1900 LRC) or Thomas Burt (Liberal-Labour). I think you mean Hardie.

Re: "Dead Sheep"... Denis Healy once said that debating with Howe in the Commons was like being "Savaged by a Dead Sheep"

Ah yes, heehee, of course I forgot that quote, heehee.

Those are both correct.

Also Jens, yes, Testudo is the answer.

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20. Which Conservative earned himself the nickname Tarzan from the Private Eye after he took the mace from its stand in the House of Commons and wielded it around his head. He was banned from the houses of parliament for a month for it.

[JohnFKennedy]

20. Which Conservative earned himself the nickname Tarzan from the Private Eye after he took the mace from its stand in the House of Commons and wielded it around his head. He was banned from the houses of parliament for a month for it.

Mr Pit Community Killer

More commonly known as......?

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20. Which Conservative earned himself the nickname Tarzan from the Private Eye after he took the mace from its stand in the House of Commons and wielded it around his head. He was banned from the houses of parliament for a month for it.

Mr Pit Community Killer

More commonly known as......?

Michael Heseltine

Heehee, yes.

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1920-ish, Asquith?

It wouldn't be Asquith.  He was PM after Campbell-Bannerman, who was a Lib.  The Libs were in and out of power from the late 1860's, under Gladstone and Rosebury, and were never back in power after 1921.  It's prior to the Disraeli government.

Not quite fellows.

The answer was actually Campbell-Bannerman who came to power at the end of 1905 after a twenty year slump following the 1886 election, during that time only three out of twenty years were under Liberal Control - 1892-1895 under Gladstone (92-94) and Rosebery (94-95).

[JohnFKennedy]

This was the question.

2. In what year did the Liberal Party (UK) return to power after a stint of twenty years where they only governed for three years and who was the leader at the time?

The answer of Campbell-Bannerman doesn't fit the question.

First, it was 19 years between between 1886 and 1905.

Second your "only governed for three years" makes it sound as if when they returned to power, they only held it for three years.  The problem isn't the answer but the question.

And you still have not answered my Cecil question.  :-)

Twenty years really, Campbell-Bannerman came in at the very end of December 1905 IIRC.

I apologise if the question wasn't clear enough, the three years was during the stint of twenty.

[JohnFKennedy]

21. Who is the only British PM to ever be asssassinated? He was shot dead* by a bankrupt who blamed the government for his misfortunes, actually IN the palace of Westminster.

(Technically he didn't "die" in the palace of Westminster as no one ever does, if you do you officially died in St Thomas' Hospital just across the bridge)

[JohnFKennedy]

21. Who is the only British PM to ever be asssassinated? He was shot dead* by a bankrupt who blamed the government for his misfortunes, actually IN the palace of Westminster.

(Technically he didn't "die" in the palace of Westminster as no one ever does, if you do you officially died in St Thomas' Hospital just across the bridge)

Spencer Percivel (sp?)
A desendent of the guy that shot him is a Tory M.P

Correct.

Nope, I am not sure on the Cecil question J.J. I apologise profusely for my ignorance!

[JohnFKennedy]

What two presidential candidates,  within the last 50 years, attend the same public schools?

candidates? Did they both lose or did one lose and one win?