Category: United Kingdom
William Makepeace Thackeray Quiz
1. When was William Makepeace Thackeray born?
a) 11 March 1808
b) 5 April 1814
c) 18 July 1811
d) 30 November 1816
2. Where was William Makepeace Thackeray born?
a) Bombay
b) Calcutta
c) Delhi
d) Madras
3. Which college did William Makepeace Thackeray attend?
a) Christ Church College
b) Merton College
c) Trinity College
d) Balliol College
Richard Burdon Haldane Quiz
1. When was Richard Burdon Haldane born?
a) 1 June 1854
b) 30 July 1856
c) 22 January 1849
d) 11 November 1846
2. Where was Richard Burdon Haldane born?
a) Edinburgh
b) Kenilworth
c) Brussels
d) Dublin
3. Which school did Richard Burdon Haldane attend?
a) St. Andrew’s School
b) Bristol Grammar School
c) Edinburgh Academy
d) Moore Academy
John Edrich Quiz
1. When was John Edrich born?
a) 29 February 1936
b) 21 June 1937
c) 24 August 1938
d) 4 October 1940
2. Where was John Edrich born?
a) Aberdeen
b) Blofield
c) Canterbury
d) York
3. Against which country did John Edrich his Test debut?
a) Australia
b) India
c) New Zealand
d) West Indies
John Le Carré Quiz
1. What was John le Carré’s original name?
a) Alfred George Gardiner
b) George Eliot
c) George Sand
d) David John Moore Cornwell
2. When was John le Carré born?
a) 6 January 1924
b) 4 April 1936
c) 25 August 1933
d) 19 October 1931
3. Where was John le Carré born?
a) Poole
b) Bonn
c) Coventry
d) Dover
Robert Clive Quiz
1) When was the Battle of Plassey?
a) 3 March 1754
b) 23 June 1757
c) 1st January 1761
d) 14 June 1764
2) Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daulah at Plassey?
a) Mir Jafar
b) Mir Sadak
c) Bania Bapu
d) Chandrakant More
3) Which city was captured by Robert Clive in 1751?
a) Bombay
b) Calcutta
c) Arcot
d) Mysore
Robert Louis Stevenson Quiz
1) Where was Robert Louis Stevenson born?
a) Edinburgh
b) Halifax
c) London
d) Bristol
2) Who read stories of Scots Presbyterian martyrs to Robert Louis Stevenson during his childhood?
a) Thomas Stevenson
b) Margaret Stevenson
c) Alison Cunningham
d) Daniel Defoe
3) From which disease did Robert Louis Stevenson suffer from his childhood?
a) Cholera
b) Pneumonia
c) Down’s Syndrome
d) Tuberculosis
Alan Rickman Quiz
1. When was Alan Rickman born?
a) 21 February 1946
b) 5 April 1948
c) 11 August 1942
d) 12 December 1936
2. Where was Alan Rickman born?
a) Atlantic
b) Boston
c) London
d) Detroit
3. For which newspaper did Alan Rickman work as a graphic designer?
a) Washington Post
b) News of the World
c) Notting Hill Herald
d) The Guardian
Charles Cornwallis Quiz
1) Where did Charles Cornwallis surrender to American and French forces?
a) Trenton
b) Brandywine
c) Long Island
d) Yorktown
2) When did Charles Cornwallis become the Governor General of India?
a) 1786
b) 1764
c) 1769
d) 1772
3) Which Anglo-Mysore War took place during the time of Charles Cornwallis?
a) First Anglo-Mysore War
b) Second Anglo-Mysore War
c) Third Anglo-Mysore War
d) Fourth Anglo-Mysore War