People and Places
Heroes and Villains


1. How did the boy David defeat giant Goliath?
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2. What was the nickname of Ivan IV, Tsar of Russia in the 16th Century?
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3. Which American soldier, who led the Allied forces to victory in Europe in World War II, later became President of the United States?
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4. How did Lawrence of Arabia die?
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5. Which Roman emperor was said to have fiddled while Rome burned?
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6. Which people were led by Genghis Khan?
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7. In 1939 Douglas Bader was flying Spitfire fighter planes for the RAF. Why was this extraordinary?
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8. Which king of Judea ordered the massacre of male babies under the age of two?
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9. How many terms did Geroge Washington serve as the first President of the United States of America?
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10. Many legends attach to the English highwayman Dick Turpin, hanged in Tyburn in 1739. According to legend, what was the name of his horse?
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11. Who set off on Antarctic expeditions first in Discovery and later in Terra Nova?
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12. Joseph Dzhugashvili, who succeeded Lenin as Soviet Leader, took the name of Stalin. What does it mean?
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13. The medical missionary Albert Schweizer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952. What nationality was he?
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14. How did the pirate Captain Kidd meet his end?
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15. Which American President announced in 1863 that all the slaves in the Confederate states would be freed immediately?
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16. Whose secret police force was known as Ton-Ton-Macoutes?
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17. Sir Thomas More was tried for high treason when he refused to recognize Henry VIII as Supreme Head of Church. What high office did More hold?
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18. An uprising of slaves against the Romans in 72BC was led by a Thracian gladiator, protrayed by Kirk Douglas in a 1960 film. What was his name?
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19. What is the meaning of Mein Kampf, the book which set out Hitler's political creed?
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20. In which American city did the gangster Al Capone operate?
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21. Davy Crockett made his name as a fearless pioneer and a soldier in the Indian wars before he was elected to Congress in 1827. Which state did he represent?
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22. Which Hun leader united the Barbarian tribes and attacked the Byzantine Empire in 447?
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23. Maximilien de Robespierre was one of the leaders of the French Revolution and ruled the country as a virtual dictator. What name was given to his period of rule?
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24. Jean Bedel Bokessa had himself crowned Emperor Bokessa I of his country after it gained independence from the French. Which country was it?
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25. Who dissolved the English Parliament and declared himself Lord Protector in 1653?
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