21st July Quiz: multiple choice
3 of the 20 questions have four options to choose from; the others stay as normal questions, because no fair wrong answers could be found for them. Tap an option to see if you are right.
1. Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon at 02:56 GMT on 21 July 1969. What name did he give the landing site?
Tranquility Base
2. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was burned down by a man seeking fame, traditionally on 21 July 356 BC. According to legend, which great conqueror was born that same night?
Alexander the Great
3. At the Battle of Shrewsbury on 21 July 1403, Henry IV defeated the rebel Henry Percy. What was Percy's nickname?
Hotspur
4. At the Battle of the Pyramids on 21 July 1798, Napoleon defeated the army of Egypt's ruling military caste. What were they called?
The Mamluks
5. At the First Battle of Bull Run on 21 July 1861, a Confederate general earned which nickname by holding his ground?
"Stonewall" (Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson)
6. On 21 July 1925, teacher John Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution in Tennessee. What nickname was given to the trial?
The Monkey Trial
7. Which country celebrates its national day on 21 July, marking the swearing-in of its first king in 1831?
8. Just after midnight on 21 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg was shot for his attempt to kill Hitler. In the courtyard of which Berlin building?
9. On 21 July 1983, the lowest air temperature ever directly measured on Earth, minus 89.2°C, was recorded in Antarctica. At which research station?
Vostok Station
10. On 21 July 2007, the final Harry Potter book was published. What is its full title?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
11. On 21 July 2011, which orbiter made the last ever Space Shuttle landing?
Atlantis
12. The Geneva Accords of 21 July 1954 temporarily divided Vietnam along which line of latitude?
The 17th parallel
13. Construction of the Aswan High Dam was completed on 21 July 1970. What is the name of the huge lake it created?
Lake Nasser
14. Robert Burns died on 21 July 1796. What does "auld lang syne" roughly mean?
"Old long since" (times long past, the old days)
15. An American comedian born on 21 July 1951 won his only Oscar for playing a therapist in which 1997 film?
Good Will Hunting (Robin Williams)
16. A singer-songwriter born in London on 21 July 1948 had hits including "Wild World" and "Moonshadow" before changing his name in 1977. What name did he take?
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)
17. A Canadian thinker born on 21 July 1911 coined the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village". Who was he?
Marshall McLuhan
18. A German-born businessman born in Kassel on 21 July 1816 founded a famous news agency. Before telegraph lines were complete, he used what to carry stock prices between Aachen and Brussels?
Carrier pigeons (Paul Julius Reuter)
19. A violinist born on 21 July 1920 led the campaign that saved which New York concert hall from demolition in 1960?
Carnegie Hall (Isaac Stern)
20. On 21 July 1960, Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world's first woman to be elected prime minister. Of which country, now called Sri Lanka?
ANSWERS
1. Tranquility Base
2. Alexander the Great
3. Hotspur
4. The Mamluks
5. "Stonewall" (Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson)
6. The Monkey Trial
7. A Belgium
8. A The Bendlerblock
9. Vostok Station
10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
11. Atlantis
12. The 17th parallel
13. Lake Nasser
14. "Old long since" (times long past, the old days)
15. Good Will Hunting (Robin Williams)
16. Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)
17. Marshall McLuhan
18. Carrier pigeons (Paul Julius Reuter)
19. Carnegie Hall (Isaac Stern)
20. C Ceylon