12th December Quiz Medium

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1. At the Delhi Durbar on 12 December 1911, King George V announced that the capital of British India would move to Delhi. From which city?

2. Which East African country became independent on 12 December 1963, and who was its first prime minister (and later first president)?

3. A global climate treaty was adopted on 12 December 2015, aiming to keep global warming well below 2°C. What is it called?

4. On 12 December 1955, a British engineer patented a vehicle that travels on a cushion of air. Name the vehicle and its inventor.

5. The world's first motel opened on 12 December 1925 in San Luis Obispo. In which US state?

6. Which singer, nicknamed "Ol' Blue Eyes", was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on 12 December 1915?

7. A French novelist born in Rouen on 12 December 1821 was put on trial for obscenity over his first novel, about the unhappy wife of a country doctor. Name the author and the novel.

8. Which Norwegian painter, born on 12 December 1863, painted "The Scream"?

9. Which English poet died in Venice on 12 December 1889? His wife was an even more famous poet at the time they married.

10. 12 December is one of the most important religious holidays in Mexico, the feast of a vision of the Virgin Mary seen by an Indigenous man in 1531. What is the vision called, and what was the man's name?

ANSWERS

1. Calcutta (Kolkata)

2. Kenya. Its first prime minister was Jomo Kenyatta.

3. The Paris Agreement

4. The hovercraft, invented by Christopher Cockerell

5. California

6. Frank Sinatra

7. Gustave Flaubert, "Madame Bovary"

8. Edvard Munch

9. Robert Browning (his wife was Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

10. Our Lady of Guadalupe. The man was Juan Diego.

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