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1. Name both of Henry VIII's wives that were executed for alleged adultery?
2. What was the name of the first US Flying Fortress based in Europe to clock up 25 missions during WW2?
3. The Babington Plot was a plot to assassinate which British monarch?
4. Whose Dervish army was responsible for the death of General Gordon in 1885?
5. At which battle of 1513 was King James IV of Scotland killed?
6. Who was the last British King to lead an army into battle?
7. In November 1938, Nazi Militia in Germany and Austria mounted a concentrated attack on Jews, their synagogues, homes and shops, what name was given to this action?
8. Which man famously led an uprising against then King Henry VII in 1497?
9. What headline appeared in the British based 'Sun' Newspaper in 1982 after the sinking of the General Belgrano?
10. The American slang for a signatory is derived from the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence, what was this man's name?
11. What cargo was the Bounty carrying when the infamous mutiny took place?
12. Which English King was murdered in Pontefract Castle?
13. Who was the first woman in space from the U.S.A.?
14. Which Mexican led the siege at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836?
15. Between which two years did the English Civil War last?
16. By what name is the high land between the St. Lawrence River and the city of Quebec known? It was the scene of a great battle in 1759.
17. A statue of which monarch can be found outside the House of Commons in England?
18. What were the names of the three ships that Christopher Columbus captained on his voyage to the New World in 1492?
19. What was the name of the theatre that Abraham Lincoln was visiting when he was assassinated?
20. Who played the part of Mozart's rival 'Antonio Salieri' in the 1984 film 'Amadeus'?
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