One Moment In Time

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. 11:00am, November 11th 1918: At date and time stated, the big guns fell silent to end one of the bloodiest wars humankind had, until then, ever endured. Which conflict was it? The American Civil War The One Hundred Years War World War One The Franco-Prussian War

2. 4:17pm July 20th 1969: At the date and time stated, Neil Armstrong took some historic steps at a place where no one had walked before. Where was it? The Arctic The Antarctic The Moon The summit of Mt Kallimilimpus

3. 2.20am April 15th 1912: At the date and time stated, a mighty steamship slipped beneath the Atlantic Ocean on her maiden voyage. What was her name? SS Great Britain RMS Titanic USS Thresher La France

4. 12:30pm, November 22nd 1963: At the date and time stated, the first shots rang out to claim the life of the 35th President of the US. In which city was John F. Kennedy assassinated? Baltimore Dallas Chicago Las Vegas

5. 8:15am, August 6th 1945: At the date and time stated, the world entered the nuclear age with the dropping of the first atom bomb. Which city was the target? Nagasaki Sapporo Tokyo Hiroshima

6. 7:25pm, May 6th 1937: At the date and time stated, the first flames were spotted by onlookers as the giant airship Hindenburg came in to land in New Jersey. From which city in Germany had the airship departed? Berlin Frankfurt Munich Cologne

7. 3.10pm, August 15th 1998: At the date and time stated, a bomb exploded in a quiet market town in what was to become the worst single tragedy of the Northern Ireland "Troubles". Where was that town? Dungannon Portadown Limavady Omagh

8. 11:00pm Eastern Standard Time November 4th 2008: At the date and time stated, the US broadcast organisations declared that Barack Obama was their nation's next President. Who was the (leading) defeated candidate? Cynthia McKinney Ralph Nader John McCain Bob Barr

9. 4.53pm, January 12th 2010: At the date and time stated, a powerful earthquake struck a Caribbean country and caused an estimated death toll of more than 200,000. Which country did it hit? Cuba Jamaica Haiti Trinidad and Tobago

10. 11:00am, April 8th 1973: At the date and time stated, one of the greatest painters of the era died. Whose last words were "drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink any more"? Paul Cezanne Pablo Picasso Claude Monet Jackson Pollock