1st December Quiz
- 10 questions
- about 15 minutes to run
- published 6 Apr 2026
- updated
1. On 1 December 1955, a Black seamstress refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger and was arrested. Name her, the city, and the young minister who became the leader of the bus boycott that followed.
2. On 1 December 1990, workers from Britain and France broke through the last piece of rock and shook hands deep under the sea. What were they building?
3. A treaty signed in Washington on 1 December 1959 set aside a whole continent for peaceful scientific research. Which continent, and how many countries signed it at first?
4. On 1 December 1913, Henry Ford introduced something at his Highland Park factory that cut the time to build a car from over 12 hours to about 90 minutes. What was it, and which car was being built?
5. On 1 December 1918, two European countries took major steps towards nationhood: one became a sovereign kingdom in union with Denmark, and the other united with Transylvania. Name both countries.
6. A wax sculptor famous for her London museum was born in Strasbourg on 1 December 1761. Who was she?
7. The first World AIDS Day was held on 1 December 1988. What has become the international symbol of AIDS awareness?
8. Which man, Israel's first prime minister, died on 1 December 1973? He retired to a kibbutz in the Negev desert.
9. On 1 December 1934, the murder of a senior Soviet Communist official in Leningrad gave Stalin an excuse to start the Great Purge. Who was murdered?
10. Which singer and actress, born in Honolulu on 1 December 1945, had a hit with "Wind Beneath My Wings" from the film "Beaches"?
ANSWERS
1. Rosa Parks, in Montgomery, Alabama. The boycott was led by Martin Luther King Jr.
2. The Channel Tunnel
3. Antarctica. It was signed by 12 countries.
4. The moving assembly line, building the Model T
5. Iceland and Romania
6. Marie Tussaud (Madame Tussaud)
7. The red ribbon
8. David Ben-Gurion
9. Sergei Kirov
10. Bette Midler
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