28th November Quiz Medium
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1. On 28 November 1520, Ferdinand Magellan's ships came out of the strait at the tip of South America into a new ocean. What did Magellan name the ocean, and why?
2. Which English poet and artist was born in London on 28 November 1757? Which of his poems was set to music by Hubert Parry to become a famous hymn?
3. Which German thinker, born in Barmen (now part of Wuppertal) on 28 November 1820, co-wrote "The Communist Manifesto"?
4. On 28 November 1893, which country became the first self-governing country where women voted in a national election? Which campaigner, now on its $10 note, led the fight?
5. On 28 November 1919, who became the first woman to take her seat in the British House of Commons? And which woman had been elected a year earlier but refused to take her seat?
6. Which Balkan country declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire on 28 November 1912, in the port city of Vlorë?
7. On 28 November 1943, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met together for the first time. In which city?
8. Margaret Thatcher left 10 Downing Street on 28 November 1990. Who succeeded her as prime minister?
9. Which famous country music radio show was first broadcast from Nashville on 28 November 1925?
10. On 28 November 1964, NASA launched the probe that made the first successful flyby of Mars and sent back the first close-up photos of another planet. What was it called?
ANSWERS
1. The Pacific (meaning "peaceful"), because the waters seemed so calm after the stormy strait.
2. William Blake. The poem is "Jerusalem" ("And did those feet in ancient time").
3. Friedrich Engels
4. New Zealand. The campaigner was Kate Sheppard.
5. Nancy Astor. The woman elected in 1918 was Constance Markievicz.
6. Albania
7. Tehran (the Tehran Conference)
8. John Major
9. The Grand Ole Opry
10. Mariner 4
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