History

What was Klaus Störtebeker, circa 1400,  most famous for doing in northern Europe?

The sinking of which of the following British ships saw the greatest loss of life?

A report, at the end of World War 1, known as the ‘Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms’ reformed what?

What was the combined population of England, Wales and Scotland in 1801?

What do US presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe have in common?

The plague of Justinian was another name for which disease?

What, to archaeologists and ancient historians, is ‘Linear B’?

If you were dining in late 18th-century England and were served a salmagundi, what would it be?

How many British Empire troops were killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme?

The ancient Egyptians left offerings of food in the tombs of the deceased.  Who was it for?

What disease was often known to our ancestors as ‘the bloody flux’?

Which country was persuaded to enter the First World War by France ?

Nowadays the term ‘Calypso’ refers to a musical genre. Who or what was the original Calypso?

What is the name of the country first seen by Europeans, led by Abel Tasman, in1642?

French author Jean Genet (1910–86) and songwriter Cole Porter (1891–1964) had what in common?

In which modern country was the battle of Blood River fought on 16 December 1838?

Which film star played himself in the 1955 film about his wartime exploits, 'To Hell and Back'?

What, to post-war Germans, was the ‘Wirtschaftswunder’?

Whose statue is positioned outside Leicester’s main railway station?

The 21st Amendment to the United States constitution in 1933 did what?