1st December Quiz (Questions only)

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"?