Random History Quiz No. 2

[Carl]

• 1. What was the name of British General Charles Cornwallis' dogs ?

• 2. After British Swordfish torpedoe planes crippled the Bismarck, which ship eventually sank the German Battleship ?

• 3. The Parthenon in Greece was dedicated to which Greek Goddess ?

• 4. What was the name of the antisemitic laws passed in Nazi Germany on September 15, 1935 ?

• 5. Which country was known as British Honduras prior to 1973 ?

• 6. What country did the Romans call Hibernia ?

• 7. During what war did thousands of Americans invade the shores of Normandy ?

• 8. Which country was former Prime Minister Tony Blair born in ?

• 9. Who said, "Call no man unhappy until he is married" ?

• 10. Which ancient people first mined and smelted copper ?

• 11. In ancient Greece, throwing an apple at someone was a declaration of what ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[LucindaC]

4 Nuremburg
8 Scotland

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What was the name of British General Charles Cornwallis' dogs ? Mars and Jupiter

• 2. After British Swordfish torpedoe planes crippled the Bismarck, which ship eventually sank the German Battleship ? HMS Dorsetshire

• 3. The Parthenon in Greece was dedicated to which Greek Goddess ? Athena

• 4. What was the name of the antisemitic laws passed in Nazi Germany on September 15, 1935 ? Nuremberg Law

• 5. Which country was known as British Honduras prior to 1973 ? Belize

• 6. What country did the Romans call Hibernia ? Ireland

• 7. During what war did thousands of Americans invade the shores of Normandy ? World War II

• 8. Which country was former Prime Minister Tony Blair born in ? Scotland

• 9. Who said, "Call no man unhappy until he is married" ? Socrates

• 10. Which ancient people first mined and smelted copper ? Egyptians

• 11. In ancient Greece, throwing an apple at someone was a declaration of what ? Love