1. Who became president of Georgia in 1992?

2. Who designed Pop star Madonna?s provocative corsetry?

3. The Irish Brigade fought in which 20th century civil war?

4. Which Oliver Cromwell came to Ireland when? Was it 1625, 1650 or 1675

5. Which president resigned in 1974 before the full House could vote on impeachment?

6. How many US presidents have been impeached by the House of Representatives?

7. The 50th birthday of which organisation was celebrated on 22 October 1995 in New York City?

8. Which British institution was given independence from the government in 1997, four days after the Labour Party won the general election?

9. In which tanks were first used

10. In which Horatio Nelson died

11. By what name did Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore become known in 1963?

12. Who led ?The Family? in the Sharon Tate murder?

13. Which of the Kray twins died in march 1995?

14. In March 1995, who became the first Western Leader to officially meet with Yasser Arafat in Gaza?

15. Australia built fences across outback areas to contain what agricultural pest?

16. Thomas Selfridge Was the First Fatality in A Plane Crash. Who Was the Pilot?

17. Who gained international recognition for the New Romantics and Pirate clothes fashions?

18. In which Indian city did the 1984 Union Carbide disaster occur?

19. Salvador Allende was killed during a coup by the army in which South American country in 1973?

20. Which British king was dethroned by the Glorious revolution?

21. The largest liner was launched in 1960 what was its name?

22. What city was Martin Luther King killed in?

23. Name the 2 of the 3 flags placed by Hillary in the summit of Everest in 1953?

24. Who starred in the 1957 film showboat as June?

25. In the 2018 midterms, which two women became the first Muslim women elected to Congress?

26. As well as Congress, many states elect their governors in midterm years. How many governorships are normally up for election in a midterm year?

27. In which European country did the ayatollah khomein in spend 14 years in exile before his return to Iran in 1979?

28. Which was the last battle of the war of the roses?

29. In what year was London due to host the Olympic Games, but couldn't because of the Second World War?

30. James Earl Ray was responsible for who's death in 1968?

31. Which British liner was sunk off the Irish coast by a German submarine on 7th May 1915?

32. Founded in 1885, which is Britain's oldest women's magazine?

33. Which English daily newspaper became a tabloid in 1971?

34. What was the name of Elvis Costello?s backing group?

35. What was King George I?s liguistic disability?

36. Which Radio DJ used to host the comedy slot between 1pm and 2pm every Saturday Lunch until 1994?

37. What scantily clad female had a daily strip in the Daily Mirror?

38. Which German word mean ?lightening war? entered the English language?

39. Which English city would have been the new capital if Adolf Hitler's invasion plans had been successful?

40. What were serfs or slaves called in ancient Sparta?

41. Coins from which country were legal tender in the USA until 1857 and Upper Canada until 1860?

42. The Celts believed that the major rivers in Europe were the result of what?

43. What year did John Major become leader of the Tory party?

44. Who were the Lord Protectors of England?

45. Who was East Germany's last Chairman of the Council of State?

46. Who described the Soviet Union as 'The Evil Empire'?

47. In the US civil war did Britain support the confederacy or the union?

48. Which civil rights leader was shot dead in Memphis in 1968?

49. Who was awarded the 1964 Nobel peace prize for his work as leader of the civil rights movement?

50. Of which marine creature is the king variety smaller than the emperor variety?

ANSWERS

1. Eduard Shevardnadze

2. Jean Paul Gaultier

3. The Spanish Civil War

4. Oliver Cromwell re-conquered Ireland in 1649-1653 on behalf of the English Commonwealth.

5. Richard Nixon

6. Three (Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump)

7. United Nations

8. The Bank Of England

9. Somme

10. Trafalgar

11. Malaysia

12. Charles Manson

13. Ronald

14. John Major

15. Rabbits

16. Orville Wright

17. Vivian Westwood

18. Bhopal

19. Chile

20. James II

21. SS France (Norway)

22. Memphis

23. British, Nepal and the UN

24. Ava Gardner

25. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib

26. 36

27. France

28. Battle Of Bosworth Field

29. 1944

30. Martin Luther King's

31. The Lusitania

32. The Lady

33. Daily Mail

34. The Attractions

35. He Couldn?t Speak English

36. Adrian Juste

37. Jane

38. Blitz Krieg

39. Oxford

40. Helots

41. Spain.

42. The gods urinating

43. 1990

44. Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard Cromwell

45. Erich Honecker

46. Ronald Reagan

47. Confederacy

48. Martin Luther king jr

49. Martin Luther King

50. Penguin