A History Salad

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which of these four animals did the Montgolfier brothers NOT include in their first hot air balloon test flight? A sheep A duck A cat A rooster

2. Which of these ladies told the British Military Staff they could save a few more lives if they made better efforts to provide sanitary regulations, clean linen and a healthy diet for the troops? Edith Cavell Queen Victoria Lily Langtry Florence Nightingale

3. Where did the first performance of Handel's Messiah take place? York London Dublin Canterbury

4. What's the name of the Gulf at the entrance of which (in 1571) the battle of Lepanto took place? Gulf of Lion Gulf of Corinth Gulf of Messenia Gulf of Taranto

5. All of these astronomers believed that our planet-system was heliocentric, and that the planets turned around the sun. Who was the one that still believed our planet was an exception however, and remained static? Galileo Galilei Tycho Brahe Johann Kepler Nikolai Copernicus

6. Three of the following names actually refer to the same group of Knights. Which is the four that is NOT synonymous with the others? Knights Templars Knights of Rhodes Knights of St. John of Jerusalem Knights of Malta

7. All of these Generals and Politicians were involved in the history of the Chilean nation. One of them however was not born a Chilean. Which one? Bernardo O'Higgins S.A.Gossens Jose San Martin Patricio Aylwin Azocar

8. What was the name taken by Princess Pocahontas after she had married John Rolfe? Jane Pierce Matoaka Pocohaton Rebecca

9. Which of these was NOT a contemporary of Suleyman the Magnificent? Henry VIII of England Sultan Saladin of Egypt and Syria Francis I of France Charles V of Spain

10. Which of these prophets had a quarrel with Queen Jezebel and her Baal Priests? Isaiah Amos Habakuk Elijah