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1. King Henry VIII was the second monarch of which European royal house?

a. !Tudor
b. Stuart
c. York
d. Lancaster

2. In what year did the Wall Street Crash take place?


a. 1930
b. 1925
c. !1929
d. 1932

3. Which one of these tanks was designed and operated by the United Kingdom?
a. T34
b. !Tog II
c. M4 Sherman
d. Tiger H1

4. During WWII, in 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the two Japanese
cities of Hiroshima and what other city?
a. Tokyo
b. Kagoshima
c. Kawasaki
d. !Nagasaki

5. The Kingdom of Prussia briefly held land in Estonia.


a. True
b. !False

6. The fourth funnel of the RMS Titanic was fake designed to make the ship look
more powerful and symmetrical.
a. !True
b. False

7. Which one of these rulers did not belong to the Habsburg dynasty?
a. Francis Joseph
b. Philip II
c. !Philip V
d. Charles V

8. The United States of America declared their independence from the British Empire
on July 4th, 1776.
a. False
b. !True

9. What was the real name of the Albanian national leader Skanderbeg?
a. Iskander Bejko
b. !Gjergj Kastrioti
c. Mirash Krasniki
d. Diturak Zhulati
10. When did Norway become free from Sweden?
a. 1834
b. 1814
c. !1905
d. 1925

11. Which of the following countries was not an axis power during World War II?
a. Japan
b. ! Soviet Union
c. Italy
d. Germany

12. What year did World War I begin?


a. !1914
b. 1905
c. 1919
d. 1925

13. Sir Issac Newton served as a Member of Parliament, but the only recorded time
he spoke was to complain about a draft in the chambers.
a. !True
b. False

1. The seed drill was invented by which British inventor?


a. Isaac Newton
b. Charles Babbage
c. J.J Thomson
d. !Jethro Tull

2. In what year was the famous 45 foot tall Hollywood sign first erected?
a. 1933
b. !1923
c. 1903
d. 1913

3. Brezhnev was the 5th leader of the USSR.


a. False
b. !True

4. The United States was a member of the League of Nations.


a. !False
b. True

5. When did the Battle of the Somme begin?


a. July 2nd, 1916
b. August 1st, 1916
c. !July 1st, 1916
d. June 30th, 1916
6. In what year did the North American Video Game Crash occur?
a. !1983
b. 1993
c. 1982
d. 1970

7. The quot;Trail of Tearsquot; was a result of which United States President039;s


Indian Removal Policy?
a. John Quincy Adams
b. Martin Van Buren
c. Harry S. Truman
d. !Andrew Jackson

8. The French Kingdom helped the United States gain their independence over Great
Britain during the Revolutionary War.
a. !True
b. False

9. What did the abbreviation quot;RMSquot; stand for in the RMS Titanic in 1912?
a. Regulated Maelstrom Sensor
b. !Royal Mail Ship
c. Royal Majesty Service
d. Regular Maritime Schedule

10. What is the name of the Boeing B29 that dropped the 039;Little Boy039; atomic
bomb on Hiroshima?
a. !Enola Gay
b. Full House
c. Necessary Evil
d. The Great Artiste

1. Which company designed the quot;Betamaxquot; video cassette format?


a. !Sony
b. LG
c. Fujitsu
d. Panasonic

2. The Western Electric Model 500 telephone uses tone dialing to dial phone
numbers.
a. True
b. !False

3. Who patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion?


a. Nikola Tesla
b. !James Watt
c. Albert Einstein
d. Alessandro Volta
4. When was the Tamagotchi digital pet released?
a. 1992
b. 1989
c. !1996
d. 1990

5. In what year was the Oculus Rift revealed to the public through a Kickstarter
campaign?
a. 2013
b. 2011
c. 2010
d. !2012

6. When did the CD begin to appear on the consumer market?


a. 1962
b. 1992
c. 1972
d. !1982

7. Which company developed the Hololens?


a. Tobii
b. HTC
c. Oculus
d. !Microsoft

8. Which of the following cellular device companies is NOT headquartered in Asia?


a. LG Electronics
b. !Nokia
c. HTC
d. Samsung

9. What round is a classic AK47 chambered in?


a. 5.45x39mm
b. 7.62x51mm
c. 5.56x45mm
d. !7.62x39mm

10. What is the quot;Mitsubishi Wakamaruquot;?


a. A pickup truck
b. !A robot
c. An motorcycle
d. A motorboat

11. Out of all of the NASA Space Shuttles, which 2 have been destroyed in
disasters?
a. Discovery and Endeavour
b. None of the Above
c. Enterprise and Atlantis
d. !Challenger and Columbia
12. What is the most significant side venture the popular firearms company,
Remington, has pursued?
a. Door Knobs
b. !Typewriters
c. Ceiling Fans
d. Blenders

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