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Thanks to the guys for getting this great new site up and running and here is a brand new quiz thread. You know the rules. Please don't post your answers before the quizzer does. Don't forget to post your scores.  

19TH Century Quiz

1.  In which decade was the Irish Potato Famine, was it the 1820’s, 1840’s or 1860’s?
1840s (1845 to 1849)

2.  Now moored at Greenwich, which famous tea clipper was launched in 1869?
The Cutty Sark

3.  After taking a friend's family to a painting exhibition on 11 May 1812, John Bellingham remarked that he had some business to attend to.  He then assassinated whom?
British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval

4.  What did Alfred Nobel invent in 1867?
Dynamite

5.  Who headed the parliamentary campaign against the British slave trade for twenty years until Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal in 1807?
William Wilberforce

6.  Which island was the place of imprisonment of Napoleon from 1815 to his death in 1821?
Saint Helena

7. In the 1850s Henry Bessemer invented the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of what from molten pig iron?
Steel - The Bessemer Process was before the development of the open-hearth furnace.

8. In 1851, The Great Exhibition in London was held in a special building given what nickname? 
The Crystal Palace

9.  The 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade occurred in which battle? And which officer led the charge? Point for each
Battle of Balaclava. Led by Lord Cardigan

10.  Which yacht race was first considered to be staged in 1851 around the Isle of Wight?
America’s Cup.

11.  Lieutenants John Chard and Gonville Bromhead led the British in defending the garrison situated where in 1879?
Rorke’s Drift

12.  In which decade of the nineteenth century did Charles Dickens publish The Old Curiosity Shop, A Christmas Carol, and David Copperfield??
1840’s

13.  Who served as flag captain to Admiral Lord Nelson, and commanded HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805?
(Sir) Thomas Hardy

14.  Who in 1844 transmitted the first message by telegraph?
Samuel Morse

15.  Charles Darwin published which book in 1859?
On the Origin of Species

16.  Who assassinated President Lincoln in 1865?
John Wilkes Booth

17. In 1893, which country became the world's first to give women the vote?
New Zealand

18.  Which military award was first introduced in 1856?
Victoria Cross

19.  The American Civil War ended in April 1865, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to which Union General at the Battle of Appomattox Court House?
Ulysses S. Grant

20.  In which decade was The Slavery Abolition Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom?
1830s (1833)
 

19TH Century Quiz

1.  In which decade was the Irish Potato Famine, was it the 1820’s, 1840’s or 1860’s?

2.  Now moored at Greenwich, which famous tea clipper was launched in 1869?

3.  After taking a friend's family to a painting exhibition on 11 May 1812, John Bellingham remarked that he had some business to attend to.  He then assassinated whom?

4.  What did Alfred Nobel invent in 1867?

5.  Who headed the parliamentary campaign against the British slave trade for twenty years until Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal in 1807?

6.  Which island was the place of imprisonment of Napoleon from 1815 to his death in 1821?

7. In the 1850s Henry Bessemer invented the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of what from molten pig iron?

8. In 1851, The Great Exhibition in London was held in a special building given what nickname? 

9.  The 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade occurred in which battle? And which officer led the charge? Point for each

10.  Which yacht race was first considered to be staged in 1851 around the Isle of Wight?

11.  Lieutenants John Chard and Gonville Bromhead led the British in defending the garrison situated where in 1879?

12.  In which decade of the nineteenth century did Charles Dickens publish The Old Curiosity Shop, A Christmas Carol, and David Copperfield??

13.  Who served as flag captain to Admiral Lord Nelson, and commanded HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805?

14.  Who in 1844 transmitted the first message by telegraph?

15.  Charles Darwin published which book in 1859?

16.  Who assassinated President Lincoln in 1865?

17. In 1893, which country became the world's first to give women the vote?

18.  Which military award was first introduced in 1856?

19.  The American Civil War ended in April 1865, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to which Union General at the Battle of Appomattox Court House?

20.  In which decade was The Slavery Abolition Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom?


 

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Have a good weekend all....

18th Century Quiz

1.  What killed roughly 400,000 Europeans each year during the 18th century before Edward Jenner administered the first vaccine in 1796?
Smallpox

2.  Why did Britain lose 11 days in 1752?
The British Empire adopted the Gregorian Calendar (from 3 September to 13 September were dates lost in 1752)

3. Who was born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst on 2 May 1729 in modern-day Poland?
Catherine the Great (or Catherine II)

4.  The Reign of Terror was the name given to the period involving numerous massacres and public executions in which Revolution?
French Revolution

5.  What did William Herschel discover from the back garden of his house in New King Street, Bath in 1781?
The planet Uranus

6.  Which North American city situated in Louisiana was founded in 1718 by the French?
New Orleans

7.  Captain James Cook was killed on 14 February 1779 in which present day island?
Hawaii

8.  Joseph Priestley discovered "dephlogisticated air" in 1774, which later became known as what?
Oxygen

9.  What was discovered by Napoleon's troops in 1799 during the invasion of Egypt?
Rosetta Stone

10. Which song was set to a traditional tune in 1799, with the text written by Robert Burns in 1788?
Auld Lang Syne

11.  In 1793 which queen is beheaded by guillotine?
Marie Antoinette

12.  In 1719 Daniel Defoe writes which book, sometimes considered the first English-language novel?
Robinson Crusoe

13. Infamous Pirate Blackbeard, was killed by the Royal Navy in 1718. What was his real name?
Edward Teach

14. What was first published in Edinburgh, as three volumes between 1768 and 1771?
Encyclopaedia Britannica

15.  In which Portuguese city did a massive earthquake kill up to 100,000 people in 1755?
Lisbon

16. What unusual name was given to the 1739 war in the Caribbean between Great Britain and Spain? 
War of Jenkins' Ear

17.  The Royal Crescent is a famous row of 30 terraced houses designed by John Wood and built in which city in Somerset between 1767 and 1774?
Bath

18.  Which British horse race, originally referred to as "A Sweepstake of 25 Guineas", had its title changed to what at a dinner party held in 1778 at the Red Lion Inn in Doncaster?
St Leger

19.  Historians generally consider whom, who led the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain for over twenty years from 1721, to be the first British prime minister?
Robert Walpole

20.  What invention by James Hargreaves in 1764 is said  to have brought on the Industrial Revolution?
Spinning jenny


 

zico wrote: ↑31 Oct 2025, 09:23

Mike Oxsaw" wrote: ↑31 Oct 2025, 05:48 17 was interesting - for me, at least.

I'd always believed that the term "Royal Oak" was derived from the/a king claiming them all (oak trees) for the navy's ships, in order to prevent the locals chopping them down for furniture and firewood.

Never too old to learn something new, eh?

 

Quite a story

https://bitaboutbritain.com/why-467-pub ... royal-oak/

18th Century Quiz

1.  What killed roughly 400,000 Europeans each year during the 18th century before Edward Jenner administered the first vaccine in 1796?

2.  Why did Britain lose 11 days in 1752?

3. Who was born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst on 2 May 1729 in modern-day Poland?

4.  The Reign of Terror was the name given to the period involving numerous massacres and public executions in which Revolution?

5.  What did William Herschel discover from the back garden of his house in New King Street, Bath in 1781?

6.  Which North American city situated in Louisiana was founded in 1718 by the French?

7.  Captain James Cook was killed on 14 February 1779 in which present day island?

8.  Joseph Priestley discovered "dephlogisticated air" in 1774, which later became known as what?

9.  What was discovered by Napoleon's troops in 1799 during the invasion of Egypt?

10. Which song was set to a traditional tune in 1799, with the text written by Robert Burns in 1788?

11.  In 1793 which queen is beheaded by guillotine?

12.  In 1719 Daniel Defoe writes which book, sometimes considered the first English-language novel?

13. Infamous Pirate Blackbeard, was killed by the Royal Navy in 1718, What was his real name?

14. What was first published in Edinburgh, as three volumes between 1768 and 1771?

15.  In which Portuguese city did a massive earthquake kill up to 100,000 people in 1755?

16. What unusual name was given to the 1739 war in the Caribbean between Great Britain and Spain? 

17.  The Royal Crescent is a famous row of 30 terraced houses designed by John Wood and built in which city in Somerset between 1767 and 1774?

18.  Which British horse race, originally referred to as "A Sweepstake of 25 Guineas", had its title changed to what at a dinner party held in 1778 at the Red Lion Inn in Doncaster?

19.  Historians generally consider whom, who led the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain for over twenty years from 1721, to be the first British prime minister?

20.  What invention by James Hargreaves in 1764 is said to have brought on the Industrial Revolution?
 

Mike Oxsaw" wrote: ↑31 Oct 2025, 05:48 17 was interesting - for me, at least.

I'd always believed that the term "Royal Oak" was derived from the/a king claiming them all (oak trees) for the navy's ships, in order to prevent the locals chopping them down for furniture and firewood.

Never too old to learn something new, eh?

 

17 was interesting - for me, at least.

I'd always believed that the term "Royal Oak" was derived from the/a king claiming them all (oak trees) for the navy's ships, in order to prevent the locals chopping them down for furniture and firewood.

Never too old to learn something new, eh?

A lousy 9 for me today.

Guess the' before my time' excuse wont cut it?


Cheers Zico.

16 today thanks zico

12 Thanks Zico 

16 Thanks, Zico,

A bit easier than yesterday, but although I knew you wanted Dom Perignon as the answer to who was credited with the invention of Champagne, the pedant in me thought the question should have been who have been wrongly credited with the invention of Champagne?

Ironically, Brother Dom spent his time trying to stop the bubbles! Don't know if he was an ancestor of any or all of the last three West Ham managers but it wouldn't surprise me! 

12. Thanks Zico.

17th Century Quiz

1.  The Great Fire of London started on 2 September of which year?
1666

2.  Who in the early 17th Century discovered the four largest satellites of Jupiter?
Galileo Galilei (They are known as the Galilean Moons)

3.  In which Massachusetts Township were the famous witch trials of 1692 and 1693 held?
Salem

4.  On which ship did the "Pilgrim Fathers" make their voyage to North America in 1620?
The Mayflower

5.  In which year did the "Gunpowder Plot" take place, was it 1605, 1615 or 1625?
1605 

6. Guy Fawkes is the best remembered of the plotters, but who was the driving force behind the 'Plot' and their leader?
Robert Catesby

7.  Which physicist laid the foundations of classical mechanics?
Sir Isaac Newton

8. Written by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra in 1605, which book is considered to be the first European novel?
Don Quixote

9.  In 1647 King Charles I is imprisoned in which castle on the Isle of Wight?
Carisbrooke

10.  Who in 1670 is credited with inventing champagne?
Dom Perignon

11.  By what nickname was Charles II widely known?
The Merry Monarch

12. After the execution of Charles I, his son Charles II fought to reclaim the throne at the battle of Worcester. One of his hiding places gave its name to many an English pub. What was it? 
The Royal Oak

13. Who succeeded Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector in 1658?
His son, Richard Cromwell (Point for son, two points for full name)

14.  What period of fine art, well known for its grandiosity and exaggeration, started in Italy around 1600?
The Baroque Period

15.  In what modern country did the Khmelnytsky Uprising occur?
Ukraine

16 Which Cardinal was the chief minister of Louis XIII from 1624 to his death in 1642?
Cardinal Richelieu

17. In 1670 who attempted to steal Crown Jewels from the Tower of London? 
Thomas Blood

18.  What type of clock did Christian Huygens invent in the 17th century to revolutionise clock making?
Pendulum Clock

19.  In which decade of the 17th Century was the Bank of England founded, was it the 1670’s, 1680’s or 1690’s?
1690s (1694)

20. At what location did the Great Fire of London stop in 1666?
‘Pye’ (or Pie) Corner - on the corner of Giltspur Street and Cock Lane, so will accept either of these.









 

A middling 11 for yesterday thanks zico

17th Century Quiz

1.  The Great Fire of London started on 2 September of which year?

2.  Who in the early 17th Century discovered the four largest satellites of Jupiter?

3.  In which Massachusetts Township were the famous witch trials of 1692 and 1693 held?

4.  On which ship did the "Pilgrim Fathers" make their voyage to North America in 1620?

5.  In which year did the "Gunpowder Plot" take place, was it 1605, 1615 or 1625?

6. Guy Fawkes is the best remembered of the plotters, but who was the driving force behind the 'Plot' and their leader?

7.  Which physicist laid the foundations of classical mechanics?

8. Written by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra in 1605, which book is considered to be the first European novel?

9.  In 1647 King Charles I is imprisoned in which castle on the Isle of Wight?

10.  Who in 1670 is credited with inventing champagne?

11.  By what nickname was Charles II widely known?

12. After the execution of Charles I, his son Charles II fought to reclaim the throne at the battle of Worcester. One of his hiding places gave its name to many an English pub. What was it? 

13. Who succeeded Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector in 1658?

14.  What period of fine art, well known for its grandiosity and exaggeration, started in Italy around 1600?

15.  In what modern country did the Khmelnytsky Uprising occur?

16 Which Cardinal was the chief minister of Louis XIII from 1624 to his death in 1642?

17. In 1670 who attempted to steal Crown Jewels from the Tower of London? 

18.  What type of clock did Christian Huygens invent in the 17th century to revolutionise clock making?

19.  In which decade of the 17th Century was the Bank of England founded, was it the 1670’s, 1680’s or 1690’s?

20. At what location did the Great Fire of London stop in 1666?



 

9 okay.

Yep, quite a sticky one today.

Thanks Zico.

11. Thanks Zico.

Yes, that was a lot more difficult!

10 for me, thanks Zico

11 thanks Zico definitely more difficult than yesterday - well at least for me

16th Century Quiz

1. What was the name of Henry VIII's flagship which sank in the Solent in 1545?
The Mary Rose

2.  Starting in 1508 Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which took approximately how many years to complete, was it two, four or six?
Four (1508–1512)

3.  What was the “original” name of the ship in which Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe between 1577 and 1580?
The Pelican (renamed The Golden Hind mid-voyage in 1578 after his patron whose crest was a golden 'hind' (which is a female red deer)

4.  Which Portuguese explorer was killed in battle in the Philippines while leading an expedition to circumnavigate the world in 1521?
Magellan

5.  Pizarro began his conquest of the Incas in 1531 in which present day country?
Peru

6.  Name the 1586 plot to assassinate the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots, her Roman Catholic cousin?
The Babington Plot

7.  Which Russian ruler, who was the first to be crowned czar, died in 1584?
Ivan - Ivan IV Vasilyevich came to the throne of Russia at the age of three when his father, Vasili III died. He was known in Russia as Ivan Grozny, which translates into the English Ivan the Terrible.

8.  Born in 1554, Elizabethan explorer Sir Walter Raleigh is credited (amongst other things) with bringing potatoes and tobacco back to England. He was executed in 1618 after falling out of favour with which King?
King James I  

9.  Which document, challenging the sale of indulgences, did Martin Luther famously nail to a church door in 1517?
The Ninety-five Theses

10.  Nostradamus wrote 'Les Propheties', what was his first name?
Michel - Michel de Nostredame

11.  What country gained independence from the Kalmar Union in 1523?
Sweden

12.  Which book written by Sir Thomas More was published in 1516, with a title which is still used to describe an ideal society?
Utopia

13.  Thomas Cranmer was appointed by Henry VIII to which role in 1533?
Archbishop of Canterbury

14.  English explorer Martin Frobisher discovered the large bay which still bears his name in 1576. In which country would you be able to visit it?
Canada

15. Which country was the first ever to declare bankruptcy?
Spain - declared four state bankruptcies in 1557, 1560, 1575, and 1596.

16.  Galileo Galilei and William Shakespeare were born on the same year, was it 1544, 1554 or 1564?
1564

17.  Which European's controversial 1543 publication sought to prove that the sun, not the earth, was the centre of the solar system?
Copernicus - Nicolaus Copernicus

18. Who invented the flush toilet, the design published under the title 'The Metamorphosis of Ajax' in 1591?
Sir John Harington

19.  Henry VIII has six wives.  Who was his first wife?
Catherine of Aragon 

20.  In which year did the English repel the Spanish Armada?
1588


 

16th Century Quiz

1. What was the name of Henry VIII's flagship which sank in the Solent in 1545?

2.  Starting in 1508 Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which took approximately how many years to complete, was it two, four or six?

3.  What was the “original” name of the ship in which Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe between 1577 and 1580?

4.  Which Portuguese explorer was killed in battle in the Philippines while leading an expedition to circumnavigate the world in 1521?

5.  Pizarro began his conquest of the Incas in 1531 in which present day country?

6.  Name the 1586 plot to assassinate the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots, her Roman Catholic cousin?

7.  Which Russian ruler, who was the first to be crowned czar, died in 1584?

8.  Born in 1554, Elizabethan explorer Sir Walter Raleigh is credited (amongst other things) with bringing potatoes and tobacco back to England. He was executed in 1618 after falling out of favour with which King?

9.  Which document, challenging the sale of indulgences, did Martin Luther famously nail to a church door in 1517?

10.  Nostradamus wrote 'Les Propheties', what was his first name?

11.  What country gained independence from the Kalmar Union in 1523?

12.  Which book written by Sir Thomas More was published in 1516, with a title which is still used to describe an ideal society?

13.  Thomas Cranmer was appointed by Henry VIII to which role in 1533?

14.  English explorer Martin Frobisher discovered the large bay which still bears his name in 1576. In which country would you be able to visit it?

15. Which country was the first ever to declare bankruptcy?

16.  Galileo Galilei and William Shakespeare were born on the same year, was it 1544, 1554 or 1564?

17.  Which European's controversial 1543 publication sought to prove that the sun, not the earth, was the centre of the solar system?

18. Who invented the flush toilet, the design published under the title 'The Metamorphosis of Ajax' in 1591?

19.  Henry VIII has six wives.  Who was his first wife?

20.  In which year did the English repel the Spanish Armada?
 

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Cheers Zico