• When did Catherine Howard marry Henry VIII?

  Ans :  28 July 1540

• In which film Richard Attenborough played Santa Claus?

  Ans :  Miracle on 34th Street

• Where was John Boynton Priestley born?

  Ans :  Bradford

• Who annulled the marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon?

  Ans :  Thomas Cranmer

• Where did George Nathaniel Curzon die?

  Ans :  London

• What did Paul Dirac teach at Florida State University?

  Ans :  Physics

• When did James Alexander Haldane marry Mary Joass?

  Ans :  18 September 1793

• Whom did Arthur Wellesley defeat at Assaye?

  Ans :  Marathas

• When was Henry Edward Manning born?

  Ans :  15 July 1808

• Which incident resulted in David Lloyd George’s resignation?

  Ans :  Canak incident

• Where did Edward IV defeat and kill Richard Neville?

  Ans :  Barnet

• When did Edward IV marry Elizabeth Woodwille?

  Ans :  1 May 1464

• When were Pitcairn Islands under the administration of the governor of Fiji?

  Ans :  1952-1970

• Who granted dispensation to Henry VIII to marry Catherine of Aragon?

  Ans :  Julius II

• When did Jane Grey die?

  Ans :  12 February 1554

• Where did Austen Chamberlain die?

  Ans :  London

• Of which society was Arthur Clarke president in 1947-1950?

  Ans :  British Interplanetary Society

• Which university did Harold Wilson attend?

  Ans :  Oxford

• Which of the following kingdoms was ruled by William IV?

  Ans :  Hanover

• When was the mutiny on Bounty?

  Ans :  28 April 1789

• Which college did Laurence Binyon attend?

  Ans :  Trinity College

• When did Louis Leakey’s team discover the remains of Kenyapithecus?

  Ans :  1962

• Where was David Lloyd George born?

  Ans :  Manchester

• Which was William Somerset Maugham’s first novel?

  Ans :  Liza of Lambeth

• What was Margaret Thatcher’s portfolio in 1970-1974?

  Ans :  Education and science

• When did Clement Attlee become party leader?

  Ans :  1935

• When was Harold Wilson’s first term as Prime Minister of UK?

  Ans :  1964-1970

• When was Paul Dirac born?

  Ans :  02-08-1902 12:00:00 AM

• In which rebellion was Daniel Defoe involved?

  Ans :  Monmouth

• For which ministry did Freya Stark work during World War II?

  Ans :  Information

• How many times did William Gladstone serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer?

  Ans :  Four

• What made George Orwell an opposer of communism?

  Ans :  Spanish Civil War

• What was the award to James Cook for his work against scurvy?

  Ans :  Copley Medal

• Who built the townhouse from which present 10 Downing Street got its name?

  Ans :  George Downing

• Where did Laurence Binyon work from 1893 onwards?

  Ans :  British Museum

• Where was Arthur Clarke born?

  Ans :  Minehead

• When was Oliver Sacks born?

  Ans :  09-07-1933 12:00:00 AM

• When did Anne die?

  Ans :  1 August 1714

• Which Christopher Fry play was a legend of miracles?

  Ans :  The Boy with a Cart

• When was Thomas Edward Lawrence born?

  Ans :  15 August 1888

• What did Henry Mannox teach Catherine Howard?

  Ans :  Music

• When was Henry Edward Manning received in the Roman Catholic Church?

  Ans :  6 April 1851

• What was the reason for marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves?

  Ans :  Alliance with Protestants against France and the Holy Roman Empire

• When was the first assassination attempt on Victoria?

  Ans :  1842

• Which book did Thomas Cranmer publish in 1549?

  Ans :  Book of Common Prayer

• Where did Horatio Nelson marry Frances Nisbet?

  Ans :  Nevis

• When did Robert Browning die?

  Ans :  12 December 1889

• Which Act put MI6 under Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary?

  Ans :  Intelligence Services Act

• Which college inherited most of Margaret Beaufort’s property?

  Ans :  St. John’s College

• Who of the following was not one of Leakey’s Angels?

  Ans :  Rosalie Osborn