Pauls History Quiz 6: multiple choice (Questions only)

1. Nicknamed 'Connie', what was the most popular commercial airliner in the 1950s?

2. The Dickin Medal, bearing the words 'We also serve' and 'For Gallantry', is awarded to which members of the armed forces in the UK?

3. Which part of India was occupied by the Japanese in WW II?

4. Which country sent its navy around the world to fight the Japanese in 1904?

1. A Cyprus
2. B Poland
3. C Russia
4. D France

5. The 'Tonton Macoute' were the dreaded paramilitary police in which country?

1. A Jamaica
2. B Greenland
3. C Canada
4. D Haiti

6. Between the years 1992 and 2010, in which country were most journalists killed?

1. A Iraq
2. B Lebanon
3. C Syria
4. D Oman

7. The majority of immigrants to the USA between 1820 and 1900 came from which two countries?

8. Which maritime explorer gave the Pacific ocean its name?

9. Which two British aviators were the first to be able to say 'yesterday I was in the Americas, today I'm in Europe'?

10. Which country's flag, the oldest existing flag in the world, apparently fell out of the heavens during a battle on 15th June, 1219?

1. A Finland
2. B Romania
3. C Serbia
4. D Denmark

11. Which three letters replaced CQD?

13. What name was given to the first body of fleet footed professional constables formed in England in the 1750's?