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14th June Quiz Medium

  • 20 questions
  • about 25 minutes to run
  • published 12 Feb 2024
  • updated

1. At the Battle of Naseby on 14 June 1645, Charles I's main army was destroyed. What was the name of the new professional Parliamentarian army that won the battle?

2. After winning the Battle of Marengo on 14 June 1800, Napoleon named what after it?

3. On 14 June 1919, John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown took off from Newfoundland on the first non-stop transatlantic flight. Near which town in Ireland did they crash-land in a bog?

4. German troops entered Paris on 14 June 1940. To which city in south-west France had the French government moved that day?

5. The Falklands War ended with the Argentine surrender at Port Stanley on 14 June 1982. To the nearest 10, how many days had it lasted?

6. On 14 June 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes, now celebrated as Flag Day. How many stars did it have?

7. On 14 June 1789, after the mutiny on the Bounty, William Bligh reached safety after a voyage of over 3,500 nautical miles in an open boat. On which island did he land?

8. On 14 June 1951, UNIVAC I, the first commercial computer produced in the US, was formally dedicated. Which US government agency was its first customer?

9. The Schengen Agreement was signed on 14 June 1985 on a boat on the River Moselle. In which country is Schengen?

10. On 14 June 1966, the Vatican abolished its official list of books that Catholics were forbidden to read. What was the list called?

11. 14 June is World Blood Donor Day, the birthday of the Austrian scientist Karl Landsteiner. What did he discover in 1901?

12. An American writer born on 14 June 1811 wrote an anti-slavery novel that became the best-selling novel of the 19th century. Name the novel.

13. A British singer born on 14 June 1961 fronted which band, known for "Karma Chameleon"?

14. A German tennis player born on 14 June 1969 won all four Grand Slam titles and Olympic gold in 1988. What is this achievement called?

15. A German psychiatrist born on 14 June 1864 first described which disease, in 1906?

16. An American born on 14 June 1958 won all five men's speed skating gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Who is he?

17. A French physicist born on 14 June 1736 gave his name to the SI unit of what?

18. An English writer who died on 14 June 1936 created a crime-solving Catholic priest. What is the priest called?

19. A writer who died in Geneva on 14 June 1986 was famous for his short stories, collected in "Ficciones" and "The Aleph". What was his nationality?

20. An American folk singer born on 14 June 1909 narrated, as Sam the Snowman, which 1964 Christmas TV special about a reindeer?

ANSWERS

1. The New Model Army

2. His horse

Marengo's skeleton is displayed at the National Army Museum in London. How much of the horse's story is true is debated.

3. Clifden (County Galway)

They landed on 15 June, after about 16 hours in the air.

4. Bordeaux

5. 70 (74 days, from 2 April to 14 June 1982)

6. 13

7. Timor (at Kupang)

8. The US Census Bureau

9. Luxembourg

10. The Index (Index Librorum Prohibitorum)

11. The ABO blood groups

12. Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)

13. Culture Club (Boy George)

14. The Golden Slam (Steffi Graf)

15. Alzheimer's disease (Alois Alzheimer)

16. Eric Heiden

17. Electric charge (the coulomb) (Charles-Augustin de Coulomb)

18. Father Brown (G.K. Chesterton)

19. Argentine (Jorge Luis Borges)

20. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Burl Ives)

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