Category: United Kingdom

1. When did Lawrence Bragg win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1918 b) 1915 c) 1905 d) 1910 2. When was Lawrence Bragg born? a) 31 March 1890 b) 4 April 1889 c) 12 September 1891 d) 18 December 1896 3. Where was Lawrence Bragg born? a) Cambridge b) Perth c) Adelaide d) Brisbane

1. When was Frances Burney born? a) 4 February 1754 b) 13 June 1752 c) 23 August 1749 d) 30 December 1745 2. Where was Frances Burney born? a) King’s Lynn b) Shrewsbury c) Hereford d) Lichfield 3. Who was Frances Burney’s mother? a) Elizabeth Allen b) Harriet Salusbury c) Esther Sleepe d) Cassandra Leigh

1. When did William Golding get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1971 b) 1979 c) 1975 d) 1983 2. When was William Golding born? a) 17 March 1904 b) 17 May 1902 c) 19 September 1911 d) 30 December 1905 3. Where was William Golding born? a) St. Columba Minor b) Bristol c) York d) Liverpool

1. When did Anne become queen of England, Scotland and Ireland? a) 19 March 1702 b) 14 April 1694 c) 22 August 1688 d) 25 November 1661 2. When was Anne born? a) 6 February 1665 b) 21 May 1663 c) 12 July 1658 d) 3 October 1642 3. Where was Anne born? a) Copenhagen b) Amsterdam c) London d) Paris

1. When was Henry V king of England? a) 1422-1461 b) 1485-1509 c) 1470-1471 d) 1413-1422 2. When was Henry V born? a) 11 March 1411 b) 18 June 1401 c) 16 September 1387 d) 3 December 1408 3. Where was Henry V born? a) Sandringham b) Monmouth c) Buckingham d) Edinburgh

1. Which was Henry Patterson’s first novel? a) Sad Wind from the Sea b) Midnight Never Comes c) The Graveyard Shift d) Wrath of the Lion 2. Which of the following novels did Henry Patterson write using the pseudonym Martin Fallon? a) Thunder at Noon b) The Year of Tiger c) Cry of the Hunter d) Passage by Night 3. What was the pseudonym used by Henry Patterson to write A Candle for the Dead? a) Alpha of the Plough b) James Graham c) Hugh Marlowe d) Mark Twain

Herbert Henry Asquith Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When was Herbert Henry Asquith Prime Minister of UK? a) 1901-1905 b) 1908-1916 c) 1918-1922 d) 1895-1900 2. When was Herbert Henry Asquith born? a) 1 March 1853 b) 2 June 1854 c) 12 September 1852 d) 18 October 1851 3. Where was Herbert Henry Asquith born? a) Morley b) Cardiff c) Glasgow d) Belfast

Joseph Conrad Quiz Questions 1. What was Joseph Conrad’s original name? a) Karl Joseph Wirth b) Claude Joseph Vernet c) Jozef Teodor Konrad Konzeniowski d) Ioseb Dzhugashvili 2. When was Joseph Conrad born? a) 7 March 1864 b) 3 April 1869 c) 19 July 1875 d) 3 December 1857 3. Where was Joseph Conrad born? a) Volgoda b) Berdichev c) Caracas d) Dover

1. When was Siegfried Sassoon born? a) 3 February 1884 b) 5 June 1892 c) 8 September 1886 d) 2 December 1885 2. Where was Siegfried Sassoon born? a) Brenchley b) Edinburgh c) Glasgow d) Falkirk 3. Which regiment did Siegfried Sassoon join? a) Coldstream Guards b) Royal Irish Hussars c) Royal Welch Fusiliers d) Yeomen Guards

1. When was Charles John Canning viceroy of India? a) 1848-1856 b) 1869-1872 c) 1858-1862 d) 1828-1835 2. When was Charles John Canning born? a) 1 January 1801 b) 20 May 1810 c) 12 July 1817 d) 14 December 1812 3. Where was Charles John Canning born? a) Plymouth b) Dorchester c) Bristol d) London