Category: History

1. When did Benin become independent? a) 25 March 1948 b) 22 April 1954 c) 1 August 1960 d) 6 November 1964 2. How was Benin formerly known? a) Dahomey b) South West Africa c) Tanganyika d) Teutonia 3. Which country is to the east of Benin? a) Ecuador b) Nigeria c) Morocco d) Angola

1. When was Girolamo Savonarola born? a) 4 February 1444 b) 15 April 1442 c) 21 September 1452 d) 30 November 1455 2. Where was Girolamo Savonarola born? a) Ferrara b) Pisa c) Lepanto d) Genoa 3. Which order did Girolamo Savonarola join? a) Augustinian b) Capuchin c) Dominican d) Benedictine 4. Who invaded Florence and overthrew Medici rule in 1494 as predicted by Girolamo Savonarola? a) Charles VIII b) Philip IV c) Henry VI d) Edward VI

1. When was Robert Kennedy attorney general of USA? a) 1936-1940 b) 1942-1946 c) 1953-1959 d) 1961-1964 2. When was Robert Kennedy born? a) 29 March 1921 b) 10 May 1918 c) 20 November 1925 d) 26 August 1923 3. Where was Robert Kennedy born? a) Atlanta b) Brookline c) Portland d) San Antonio 4. To which party did Robert Kennedy belong? a) Republican b) Green c) Democratic d) Progressive

1. Where was Francisco Pizarro born? a) Trujillo b) Barcelona c) Madrid d) Casablanca 2. When did Francisco Pizarro first set sail from Spain? a) 12 August 1492 b) 17 June 1536 c) 22 January 1538 d) 10 November 1509 3. Whom did Francisco Pizarro accompany in the discovery of the Pacific? a) Christopher Columbus b) Ferdinand Magellan c) Vasco Nunez de Balboa d) Vasco da Gama

1) When did George III become the king of UK? a) 1603 b) 1701 c) 1740 d) 1760 2) To which dynasty George III belong? a) Lancastrian b) Hanoverian c) Tudor d) Stuart 3) Who persuaded George III to end his relationship with Sarah Lennox and marry Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz? a) George Grenville b) Charles Fox c) William Pitt the Elder d) John Stuart

1) When was Corazon Aquino sworn in as President of Philippines? a) 25 February 1986 b) 4 November 1982 c) 9 August 1994 d) 4 March 1983 2) What was Corazon Aquino’s maiden surname? a) Cogoangco b) Arroyo c) Brown d) Castello 3) When was Corazon Aquino born? a) 25 January 1933 b) 4 November 1932 c) 9 August 1924 d) 4 March 1923

1. Who was Catherine Howard’s mother? a) Joyce Culpepper b) Agnes Tilney c) Elizabeth Howard d) Margaret Mowbray 2. What did Henry Mannox teach Catherine Howard? a) Latin b) Music c) Greek d) Science 3. To whom was Catherine Howard engaged? a) Walter Raleigh b) Nicholas Throckmorton c) Thomas Culpepper d) Stephen Gardiner

1) What is the approximate number of islands that comprise the Philippines? a) 6,000 b) 7,000 c) 8,000 d) 9,000 2) When did the Philippines become independent? a) 4 July 1776 b) 4 July 1946 c) 14 August 1947 d) 1 January 1984 3) Which country had the Philippines as its colony from 1898 to 1946, except for some years during World War II? a) Portugal b) USA c) UK d) Belgium

1. When was U Thant elected acting secretary general of United Nations? a) 1 January 1955 b) 12 April 1956 c) 7 July 1958 d) 3 November 1961 2. When was U Thant born? a) 22 January 1909 b) 6 May 1912 c) 27 July 1908 d) 26 October 1911 3. Where was U Thant born? a) Hamolin b) Tonzang c) Shwebo d) Pantanaw