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1. When did Austen Chamberlain get Nobel Prize for Peace? a) 1933 b) 1925 c) 1935 d) 1938 2. When was Austen Chamberlain born? a) 9 February 1861 b) 21 April 1866 c) 14 September1868 d) 16 October 1863 3. Where was Austen Chamberlain born? a) Rochester b) Eton c) Birmingham d) Wellington 4. To which political party did Austen Chamberlain belong? a) Democratic b) Conservative c) Labour d) National

1. When did Edward Victor Appleton get Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1954 b) 1947 c) 1945 d) 1948 2. When was Edward Victor Appleton born? a) 3 January 1890 b) 8 May 1894 c) 6 September 1892 d) 20 November 1896 3. Where was Edward Victor Appleton born? a) Lochfield b) Bradford c) Bristol d) Plymouth

1. When was Henry IV king of England? 1422-1461 1216-1272 1399-1413 1461-1470Correct Answer: 1399-1413 2. Where was Henry IV born? Bolingbroke Monmouth Windsor EdinburghCorrect Answer: Bolingbroke 3. Whom did Henry IV depose? James II Charles II Edward II Richard IICorrect Answer: Richard II 4. Which was Henry IV’s dynasty? Tudor Lancastrian Stuart HannoverCorrect Answer: Lancastrian 5. Who led Welsh rebellion against Henry IV? Owen Glendower Thomas Mowbray Thomas of Woodstock John BeaufortCorrect Answer: Owen Glendower 6. When did Henry IV’s forces kill Henry Percy near Shrewsbury? 15 January 1401 21 July 1403 18 April 1412 22 December 1418Correct Answer: 21 ... Read more

11. When was Henry III king of England? 1199-1216 1216-1272 1460-1470 1422-1435Correct Answer: 1216-1272 12. When was Henry III born? 15 March 1400 19 April 1201 16 September 1155 1 October 1207Correct Answer: 1 October 1207 13. Where was Henry III born? Sandringham Monmouth Winchester EdinburghCorrect Answer: Winchester 14. Who threatened to excommunicate Henry III for not meeting the obligation to finance papal wars? Innocent II Alexander IV Julius II Urban VIIICorrect Answer: Alexander IV 15. What plan of reforms was accepted by Henry III in 1258? Provisions of Oxford Magna Carta Bill of Rights Declaration of IndependenceCorrect Answer: Provisions ... Read more

21. When did Edward II become king of England? 14 January 1296 15 May 1299 7 July 1307 4 December 1298Correct Answer: 7 July 1307 22. When was Edward II born? 9 March 1275 25 April 1284 27 October 1276 5 September 1278Correct Answer: 25 April 1284 23. Where was Edward II born? Caernarvon Swansea Liverpool NewportCorrect Answer: Caernarvon 24. Where did Edward II marry Isabella? London Paris Boulogne DublinCorrect Answer: Boulogne 25. Whom did Edward II make the earl of Cornwall? Richard de Clare Piers Gaveston Simon de Montfort William HerbertCorrect Answer: Piers Gaveston 26. Where did Robert Bruce ... Read more

31. What did Humphry Davy invent? Telephone Miner’s safety lamp Electric bulb Picture tubeCorrect Answer: Miner’s safety lamp 32. When was Humphry Davy born? 17 February1773 4 May 1776 24 August 1784 17 December 1778Correct Answer: 17 December 1778 33. Where was Humphry Davy born? Manchester Bristol Penzance DoverCorrect Answer: Penzance 34. Which gas did Humphry Davy inhale to test a claim that it caused diseases? Helium Nitrous oxide Neon OzoneCorrect Answer: Nitrous oxide 35. When did Humphry Davy discover sodium and potassium? 1807 1804 1796 1792Correct Answer: 1807 36. Which metals did Humphry Davy discover in 1808? Alkali Noble ... Read more

Where was William Ernest Henley born? Gloucester Edinburgh Stirling Falkirk Which disease afflicted William Ernest Henley? Amnesia Leukemia Insomnia Tuberculosis William Ernest Henley’s one leg had to be amputated. Who saved the other leg from amputation? James Syme Louis Pasteur Alexander Fleming Joseph Lister

4. Where did Edward I marry Eleanor? Barcelona Las Huelgas Madrid Santa Fe 5. When did Edward I issue the Statute of Wales? 1286 1284 1278 1274 6. Whom did Edward I expel from England in 1290? Calvinists Lutherans Jews Nestorians

About which school did Edward Gibbon write in his Memoirs “at the expense of many tears and blood, purchased a knowledge of Latin syntax.”? Westminster School Kingston Grammar School Tonbridge School Kilkenny Grammar School 4. To which college was Edward Gibbon admitted? Christ College Magdalen College King’s College Trinity College 5. When was Edward Gibbon received in the Roman Catholic Church? 5 February 1744 8 June 1753 20 August 1776 21 November 1782

71. When was James Callaghan Prime Minister of UK? 1965-1967 1976-1979 1955-1957 1979-1984Correct Answer: 1976-1979 72. When was James Callaghan born? 27 March 1912 8 June 1906 14 July 1902 5 November 1914Correct Answer: 27 March 1912 73. Where was James Callaghan born? Glamorgan Edinburgh Portsmouth HuddersfieldCorrect Answer: Portsmouth 74. To which party did James Callaghan belong? National Front Conservative Green LabourCorrect Answer: Labour 75. Which constituency did James Callaghan represent in Parliament in 1945? Birmingham Hampshire Cardiff South WestminsterCorrect Answer: Cardiff South 76. Why did James Callaghan resign as Chancellor of the Exchequer? To join IMF Ill health To ... Read more