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Louis Mountbatten Quiz

History, India, United Kingdom

Louis Mountbatten Quiz Questions

1) Which of the following is true of Louis Mountbatten?
a) First Attorney General of independent India
b) First Governor General of independent India
c) First President independent India
d) First Prime Minister of independent India

2) When was Louis Mountbatten born?
a) 5 March 1896
b) 25 June 1900
c) 3 July 1904
d) 7 December 1902

3) Where was Louis Mountbatten born?
a) Hanover
b) Berlin
c) Dublin
d) Windsor

4) What was Louis Mountbatten’s original surname?
a) Tudor
b) Stuart
c) Battenberg
d) Hohenstauffen

5) When was Louis Mountbatten Supreme allied commander for South East Asia?
a) 1943-1946
b) 1919-1922
c) 1926-1930
d) 1948-1950

6) What was Louis Mountbatten’s rank in 1950-1952?
a) Brigadier
b) Commander
c) Fourth Sea Lord
d) Captain

7) When was Louis Mountbatten First Sea Lord?
a) 1955-1959
b) 1960-1964
c) 1936-1949
d) 1965-1966

8) Of which island was Louis Mountbatten appointed Lord Lieutenant in 1974?
a) Isle of Man
b) Isle of Wight
c) Iceland
d) Zealand

9) When did Louis Mountbatten die?
a) 11 January 1984
b) 8 May 1974
c) 27 August 1979
d) 31 December 1980

10) Where did Louis Mountbatten die?
a) Donegal Bay
b) Valetta
c) Singapore
d) Delhi

Louis Mountbatten Quiz Questions with Answers

1) Which of the following is true of Louis Mountbatten?
b) First Governor General of independent India

2) When was Louis Mountbatten born?
b) 25 June 1900

3) Where was Louis Mountbatten born?
d) Windsor

4) What was Louis Mountbatten’s original surname?
c) Battenberg

5) When was Louis Mountbatten Supreme allied commander for South East Asia?
a) 1943-1946

6) What was Louis Mountbatten’s rank in 1950-1952?
c) Fourth Sea Lord

7) When was Louis Mountbatten First Sea Lord?
a) 1955-1959

8) Of which island was Louis Mountbatten appointed Lord Lieutenant in 1974?
b) Isle of Wight

9) When did Louis Mountbatten die?
c) 27 August 1979

10) Where did Louis Mountbatten die?
a) Donegal Bay

Originally posted 2017-03-26 03:35:50.

William Shakespeare Quiz

Literature, United Kingdom

William Shakespeare Quiz Questions

1) When wasWilliam Shakespeare born?

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

a) 23 April 1564
b) 15 July 1580
c) 25 December 1600
d) 1 January 1601

2) Where was William Shakespeare born?
a) London
b) New York
c) Paris
d) Stratford-on-Avon

3) Whom did William Shakespeare marry?
a) Anne Hathaway
b) Mary Tudor
c) Jane Grey
d) Elizabeth Newson

4) By how many years William Shakespeare‘s wife was older to William Shakespeare?
a) Five
b) Eight
c) Six
d) Nine

5) How many plays did William Shakespeare write?
a) 10
b) 15
c) 24
d) 37

6) How many Acts are in William Shakespeare’s plays?
a) Three
b) Four
c) Five
d) Six

7) Who is the Shrew in the play The Taming of the Shrew?
a) Bianca
b) Cleopatra
c) Katherine
d) Matilda

8) Which play has the characters Cordelia, Goneril and Regan?
a) Pericles
b) King Lear
c) A Midsummer Night’s Dream
d) Cymbeline

9) Which is the last play written by William Shakespeare?
a) As you like it
b) Two Gentlemen from Verona
c) Henry V
d) The Tempest

10) When did William Shakespeare die?
a) 31 December 1707
b) 24 January 1649
c) 3 March 1626
d) 23 April 1616

William Shakespeare Quiz Questions with Answers

1) When was William Shakespeare born?
a) 23 April 1564

2) Where was William Shakespeare born?
d) Stratford-on-Avon

3) Whom did William Shakespeare marry?
a) Anne Hathaway

4) By how many years William Shakespeare‘s wife was older to William Shakespeare?
b) Eight

5) How many plays did William Shakespeare write?
d) 37

6) How many Acts are in William Shakespeare’s plays?
c) Five

7) Who is the Shrew in the play The Taming of the Shrew?
c) Katherine

8) Which play has the characters Cordelia, Goneril and Regan?
b) King Lear

9) Which is the last play written by William Shakespeare?
d) The Tempest

10) When did William Shakespeare die?
d) 23 April 1616

 

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Originally posted 2017-03-26 03:35:42.

Anne of Cleves Quiz

History, Rulers Emperors Monarchs Kings Queens, United Kingdom
Painting of Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of the English King Henry VIII

Painting of Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of the English King Henry VIII, by Hans Holbein the Younger (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Anne of Cleves Quiz Questions

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1. When was Anne of Cleves born?
a) 7 March 1525
b) 9 May 1520
c) 15 September 1515
d) 3 December 1510

2. Where was Anne of Cleves born?
a) Xanten
b) Dusseldorf
c) Ravensberg
d) Neuberg

3. Who was Anne of Cleves’ mother?
a) Sophia Dorothea
b) Eleanor of Aquitaine
c) Adelaide of Maurienne
d) Maria of Julich Berg

4. What was the reason for marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves?
a) Alliance with Protestants against France and the Holy Roman Empire
b) Anne of Cleves was beautiful
c) Both were in love with each other
d) Henry VIII wanted Anne of Cleves’ property

5. Who arranged Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne of Cleves?
a) Thomas Wolsey
b) Thomas Boleyn
c) Thomas Wyatt
d) Thomas Cromwell

6. When did Anne of Cleves marry Henry VIII?
a) 6 January 1540
b) 15 April 1538
c) 6 August 1536
d) 2 October 1535

7. What was the excuse offered by Henry VIII to annul his marriage to Anne of Cleves?
a) Parish Priest did not sign the marriage register
b) She was engaged to Francis, duke of Lorraine
c) Error of person
d) Affinity

8. When did the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves annulled?
a) 5 February 1549
b) 10 June 1558
c) 9 July 1540
d) 3 November 1556

9. When did Anne of Cleves die?
a) 6 January 1576
b) 1 April 1568
c) 16 July 1557
d) 2 December 1565

10. Where did Anne of Cleves die?
a) Dresden
b) Berlin
c) Hamburg
d) London

Anne of Cleves Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Anne of Cleves born?
c) 15 September 1515

2. Where was Anne of Cleves born?
b) Dusseldorf

3. Who was Anne of Cleves’ mother?
d) Maria of Julich Berg

4. What was the reason for marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves?
a) Alliance with Protestants against France and the Holy Roman Empire

5. Who arranged Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne of Cleves?
d) Thomas Cromwell

6. When did Anne of Cleves marry Henry VIII?
a) 6 January 1540

7. What was the excuse offered by Henry VIII to annul his marriage to Anne of Cleves?
b) She was engaged to Francis, duke of Lorraine

8. When did the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves annulled?
c) 9 July 1540

9. When did Anne of Cleves die?
c) 16 July 1557

10. Where did Anne of Cleves die?
d) London

Originally posted 2017-03-26 03:35:29.