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Quiz about On This Day V
Quiz about On This Day V

On This Day: V Trivia Quiz


A number of events for you to try and remember. The date is provided, but can you remember what happened on that date?

A multiple-choice quiz by doomed. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
doomed
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
224,111
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
2509
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Question 1 of 10
1. February 5th 1958 saw which 'experimental' scheme start in London's Mayfair? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. February 6th 1983 saw which Nazi fugitive charged in Lyon, France, with crimes against humanity? Clue: he was known as the "butcher of Lyon" during World War Two, when he headed the local Gestapo. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. February 7th 1685 saw the death of which monarch who died in mysterious circumstances? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. February 8th, 1983 saw which champion horse kidnapped in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 5 of 10
5. On February 9th 1964 who said "It's easy, you turn left at Greenland", when asked how he found America? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. February 10th 1955 saw a sorry state of affairs in South Africa. Which event in Johannesburg captured the front pages of the world's newspapers?
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. February 11th 1990 saw which man in South Africa say the following?
"I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities ... If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die".

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 8 of 10
8. February 12th 1554 saw "The nine day Queen" lose her head. Who was she? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. February 13th 1990 saw a huge shock in the boxing world two days after the fight, little known journeyman, James 'Buster' Douglas knocked out the unbeaten heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. But why was there a two day delay before the result stood? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. February 14th 1779 saw the great explorer Captain James Cook die. But how did he perish? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. February 5th 1958 saw which 'experimental' scheme start in London's Mayfair?

Answer: Parking meters

Exclusive Mayfair had meters placed to help ease the growing traffic problems in London. The trial scheme had slot machine meters, and if a car was parked illegally then the owner would be liable for a fine. Meters were first used in the USA in 1935. However, the fine was nothing new as one Mr William Marshall had found out in 1896 when he parked his car illegally in the City of London.
2. February 6th 1983 saw which Nazi fugitive charged in Lyon, France, with crimes against humanity? Clue: he was known as the "butcher of Lyon" during World War Two, when he headed the local Gestapo.

Answer: Klaus Barbie

Barbie was alleged to have deported hundreds of French resistance fighters and Jews to the Nazi death camps, he was also alleged to have tortured and murdered resistance leader Jean Moulin (and others).
Barbie was tracked down in Bolivia by the French Nazi hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld in 1971, but was not extradited to France until February 1983. His lawyer claimed that US intelligence had in fact protected Barbie after the war. In 1987 Barbie was sentenced to life in prison where he died four years later of cancer at the age of 77.
3. February 7th 1685 saw the death of which monarch who died in mysterious circumstances?

Answer: Charles II

The "merry monarch" died in strange circumstances. Some people thought he had died of poisoning, but other said they thought he'd died of apoplexy which is uncontrolled bleeding into an organ. Charles loved women, horses, gambling and good times. He was much loved by his people on his return, following the dreary years of Puritan rule under Oliver Cromwell.

He was less popular with the politicians, he took bribes and had no shame when lying and cheating to get his way. He even secretly took money from France to restore Catholic in England. Following the execution of his father Charles I, he spent eleven years in exile in France, constantly plotting, and failing, to win back the throne.

He was restored to the throne in 1660 after Robert Cromwell's death and dissolved parliament in 1681.

His love for women was legendary and his most famous 'mistress' was Nell Gwynne, who when on his death bed he said to his brother James, "Don't let poor Nelly starve".
4. February 8th, 1983 saw which champion horse kidnapped in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland?

Answer: Shergar

Shergar was the winner of the 1981 Derby which he had won by a then record distance of 10 lengths. A ransom of £2 million ($3.7 million) was demanded from the owner, the Aga Khan. Alas, the horse was never seen again.
5. On February 9th 1964 who said "It's easy, you turn left at Greenland", when asked how he found America?

Answer: John Lennon

1964 was a big year for music and the Beatles. 'Beatlemania' had swept Britain and the US was next on the hit list. The Beatles released many singles of which the majority hit number one on both sides of the Atlantic. Their style had millions captivated and their fame was to become a legend. "The fab four" comprised of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Richard Starkey (aka Ringo Starr).
6. February 10th 1955 saw a sorry state of affairs in South Africa. Which event in Johannesburg captured the front pages of the world's newspapers?

Answer: The removal of 60,000 black people to a different township

Thousands of armed police began evicting 60,000 black people from their homes in Sophiatown near Johannesburg, with bulldozers flattening the township in their wake. The angry residents were being forced off the land and moved to a new area called the Meadowlands, as they had no land rights.

The ANC (African National Congress) staged a series of protests against the all-white government's racist apartheid policy.
7. February 11th 1990 saw which man in South Africa say the following? "I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities ... If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die".

Answer: Nelson Mandela

Mandela was freed on this date. The quote in the question was stated in both 1964 at his trial and on the day of his release from prison.
8. February 12th 1554 saw "The nine day Queen" lose her head. Who was she?

Answer: Lady Jane Grey

The 16 year old Lady Jane was executed after Queen Mary, her cousin, ordered the act. The protestant King Edward VI had proclaimed his cousin Jane, fifth in line to the throne, as his successor above his half-sister Mary, a Catholic, since Jane would kept England beyond the reach of Catholic Spain. Jane ascended the throne in July 1553 with her husband Lord Guildford Dudley. Mary deposed them nine days later and condemned them to death for treason. Mary had delayed the execution, but changed her mind when Jane's father was involved in an attempted rebellion. Dudley was beheaded first, and Jane was led past his body on her way to the block.

It is said that Jane was beautiful and intelligent, and had ambitious plans to restore the English economy and return land to farmers dispossessed by Henry VIII.
9. February 13th 1990 saw a huge shock in the boxing world two days after the fight, little known journeyman, James 'Buster' Douglas knocked out the unbeaten heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. But why was there a two day delay before the result stood?

Answer: Tyson claimed that Douglas had stayed down to the count of 12 in the eighth round

Tyson had floored Douglas in the 8th round of the fight in Tokyo, Japan. The Tyson camp claimed that the count was in fact 12 and therefore the fight should of been made void, this then led to the titles being frozen for two days for investigation purposes.
However, on closer inspection, it turned out that Douglas actually was counted down to eight and therefore able to fight on. In the tenth, Douglas caught Tyson and floored him and therefore caused one of the biggest sporting shocks of all time.
10. February 14th 1779 saw the great explorer Captain James Cook die. But how did he perish?

Answer: A native's spear in Hawaii

Cook was a peaceful man, not given to brutalising the native peoples he encountered on his epic voyages. But some of his men started trouble with a local chief, and the villagers retaliated by stealing the ship's cutter. Cook took 12 armed marines ashore to take a hostage to swap for the cutter, but the villagers had never seen guns and were not afraid of Cook's men.

They attacked , killing the captain.
Source: Author doomed

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