Quiztory The Third

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1. Major Pat Reid made a famous escape from which POW camp ? Flossenbuerg Hanoi Hilton Colditz Dachau

2. The first law on record, about 2100BC, was made to ban what? Witchcraft Piracy Adultery Pickpocketing

3. Right up to 1819, what was the maximum penalty for illegal tree felling in the United Kingdom ? Deportation to the southern hemisphere Public flogging Hanging 10 years in jail

4. To whom was given the title of 'The Shrieking Sisterhood'? The Bangles The Andrews sisters The Brownies The suffragettes

5. How many prisioners were in the Bastille on the day it was stormed ? 70 7000 700 7

6. In which conflict was the General Belgrano sunk ? Napoleonic Wars WWI The Falklands War WWII

7. Before World War I, who wrote a serious book on how to recognize German spies by their walk ? Arthur Conan Doyle Alec Douglas Home David Lloyd George Robert Baden Powell

8. Who was King of England during the Addled Parliament ? James I Charles II Charles I There was no king, Cromwell was in charge

9. Who appointed his horse Incitatus consul ? Cyrus the Great Nero Caligula Claudius

10. Why, in 1896 and 1897 did the English Royal Mint make three times as many copper coins as in the previous year ? To feed the new fangled telephone booths To feed the war effort Because of a severe shortage of silver To feed the new fangled gas meters