Senior History Quiz

What year was RTE established?

What does the A stand for in NATO?

Which country removed itself from the League of Nations?

What was the name of the German parliament building?

To which society did 'serfs' belong?

What President of America was indicted in the Watergate Scandal?

What was the name of the treaty signed at the end of WWI?

What was the name of the woman Edward VIII abdicated the throne for?

Who painted the Wild Hare during the Renaissance?

In what city was the Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated?

In which year was the Berlin Wall built?

The fall of what city contributed to the beginning of the Renaissance?

What did Jethro Tull invent?

What was the name of the planned German invasion of Ireland?

Newgrange is an example of what kind of tomb?

Who was the leader of Russia during the outbreak of WWI?

Which British passenger ship was sunk by a German U-boat?

Which laws imposed by Hitler meant the closing of Jewish businesses?

Where was JFK assassinated?

Who succeeded Stalin as Communist Party leader?

Who was responsible for the Mother and Child Scheme?

What was St Petersburg called during communist rule?

Who was the 18th century Irish politician who was called the Liberator?

What year was the Anglo Irish Treaty signed?

Who said: We'll fight them on the beaches?

Who invented the printing press?

What was the name of the British Prime Minister during the Irish famine?

Which explorer gave the Pacific it's name?

What colour was worn by the Emperor in Rome?

In medieval times what was a 'curfew'?

Where in Ireland did Cromwell land with his army?

Who was the monarch of England during the plantation of Laois/Offaly?

To which country did the KGB belong?

What was Stalin's first name?

Who first popularised the expression 'Iron Curtain'?

How many these did Martin Luther have?

What US President started the space race?

What was the name of the man who took over the ship after Magellan was killed?

Brian Boru was the first man in Ireland to hold what title?

Frost wrote the words 'Something therein that doesn't love a wall'- what was he talking about?

Who was Taoiseach of Ireland in 1961?

What was the name of the German government after WWI?

Which of these is NOT a D-Day beach?

Who was responsible for free education in the Republic of Ireland?

Who became Emperor of France?

What was Roosevelt's first name?

What was a 'torc'?

What was the Russian equivalent of NATO called?

What was the name of the treaty that officially ended the American war of Independence?

Where did Washington motivate his troops during the war of independence?