Test Your Knowledge
Test Your Knowledge
IT HAPPENED IN AUGUST
1. Glamorous American film star who died from an overdose of sleeping pills in August 1962
2. When Winston Churchill said, in August 1940,”Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”, to whom was he referring?
3. The eruption of which volcano, in 79 AD, destroyed the cities of Stabiae and Herculaneum?
4. In August 1945 the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, what was the name of the plane that dropped it?
5. In August 1896, gold was discovered at Rabbit Creek, a tributary of which Alaskan river?
6. In 1572 thousands of Protestant Huguenots were murdered, by Catholics, in what became to be known as The St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. In which country did it take place?
7. Born on 27th August 1910 as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, she founded a religious order known as the Missionaries of Charity and spent her life working in India.
8. Born on August 30th 1797, which author wrote the novel Frankenstein?
9. In August of which year were the Olympic Games held in Berlin?
10. In 1960 which city was declared to be the federal capital of Pakistan?
11. Born in August 1803, this man went on to become a gardener and architect and designed the Crystal Palace.
12. What is the name of the author, born in August 1819, whose best known novel is Moby-Dick?
13. The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place in August of which year?
14. Born in 1884, Henri Cornet, at aged 19 is the youngest ever winner of which endurance race?
15. In 1305 the leader of the Scottish resistance against England (made famous in the film ‘Braveheart’) was captured and ultimately executed. What was his name?
16. In 1620, which ship departed from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
17. Born in 1862, Joseph Merrick became known as what due to his deformities?
18. Who was the English actor who died in August 2000 famed for his roles in several Ealing comedies including ‘The Lady Killers’ and ‘Kind Hearts and Coronets’?
19.The building of what structure was started in August 1961?
20. Which US state joined the Union in August 1959?
21. How old was Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, on 4th August 2000?
22. What canal opened in August 1914?
23. The first steamship crossed the Atlantic in August 1818. What was its name?
24. August 9th, 1930, is the birthdate of what cartoon character?
25. In August 1893, the world’s first car registration plates were introduced in which country?
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