Tag: World War I

1. When was Charles de Gaulle first elected President of France? a) 2 February 1960 b) 10 June 1964 c) 22 August 1962 d) 21 December 1958 2. When was Charles de Gaulle born? a) 3 January 1883 b) 4 April 1886 c) 29 July 1894 d) 22 November 1890 3. Where was Charles de Gaulle born? a) Lille b) Paris c) Versailles d) Rouen

1. When was Ernest Hemingway born? a) 9 February 1864 b) 17 May 1862 c) 21 July 1899 d) 30 December 1865 2. Where was Ernest Hemingway born? a) Cicero b) Boston c) Anchorage d) San Francisco 3. What was Ernest Hemingway’s role in World War I? a) Corporal b) Marine c) Flight Lieutenant d) Ambulance driver

1) When was Archduke Ferdinand assassinated? a) 28 June 1914 b) 4 August 1914 c) 6 June 1915 d) 7 July 1916 2) Which gas was used for the first time in World War I? a) Chlorine b) Nitrogen c) Hydrogen d) Helium 3) Which passenger ship of USA was sunk by Germany? a) Titanic b) Lusitania c) Queen Mary d) Repulse

1. When did Robert Barany get Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1916 b) 1919 c) 1925 d) 1914 2. When was Robert Barany born? a) 5 March 1872 b) 22 April 1876 c) 6 August 1881 d) 1 November 1878 3. Where was Robert Barany born? a) Linz b) Emma c) Steyr d) Vienna

1) Who of the following landed in Malta in 60 AD due to shipwreck? a) St. Andrew b) St. Paul c) St. Peter d) St. John 2) Which is the capital of Malta? a) Birkirkara b) Gozo c) Valetta d) Comino 3) Who seized Malta in 1798? a) Napoleon Bonaparte b) Julius Caesar c) Francis Drake d) Charlemagne

1. When did Tanganyika become independent? a) 19 March 1958 b) 24 May 1953 c) 18 September 1949 d) 9 December 1961 2. When did Zanzibar become independent? a) 17 February 1948 b) 12 June 1959 c) 28 August 1949 d) 10 December 1963 3. When was Tanzania founded with the merging of Tanganyika and Zanzibar? a) 1 January 1965 b) 26 April 1964 c) 11 July 1880 d) 12 November 1978

1. When was Thomas Edward Lawrence born? a) 4 March 1881 b) 21 April 1896 c) 15 August 1888 d) 30 November 1885 2. Where was Thomas Edward Lawrence born? a) Dublin b) Tremadoc c) Plymouth d) Belfast 3. Which college did Thomas Edward Lawrence attend? a) William and Mary College b) Jesus College c) Rhodes College d) Trinity College

1. When did Albert Schweitzer get Nobel Prize for Peace? a) 1948 b) 1952 c) 1956 d) 1964 2. When was Albert Schweitzer born? a) 14 January 1875 b) 11 May 1880 c) 31 July 1882 d) 5 December 1886 3. Where was Albert Schweitzer born? a) Hamburg b) Bremen c) Kayserberg d) Aachen 4. Which university did Albert Schweitzer attend? a) Berlin b) Munich c) Frankfurt d) Strasbourg

1) When did Namibia become independent? a) 1 May 1994 b) 20 May 1999 c) 21 March 1990 d) 14 July 1984 2) Namibia was a colony of which country before World War I?v a) England b) France c) Germany d) Holland 3) Which is the official language of Namibia? a) Afrikaans b) English c) Dutch d) German

1) Which is Adolf Hitler’s autobiography? a) Discovery of India b) Mein Kampf c) The Good Earth d) Why England slept? 2) When did Adolf Hitler become the chancellor of Germany? a) 1923 b) 1933 c) 1936 d) 1938 3) When did Adolf Hitler become a citizen of Germany? a) 1889 b) 1914 c) 1918 d) 1932