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Published: 1st March 2021

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Questions

1) Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the ‘telephone’ in which year? a) 1836 b) 1856 c) 1876

 

2) American pharmacist and chemist Wilbur Scoville died in march 1942, but what is he best remembered for?

 

3) In March 1910 frenchwoman Raymonde de Laroche, became the first female to obtain a licence to do what?

 

4) Which Scottish economist and philosopher published ‘The Wealth of Nations’ in 1776, a book that is considered a fundamental work in classical economics?

 

5) James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in march 1969 to assassinating who?

 

6) Which Frenchman married Josephine de Beauharnais in 1796?

 

7) In 1842, what was first documented as being discovered at Rancho San Francisco?

 

8) The 'Barbie’ doll made its first appearance at a toy fair in March during which decade? a) 40’s b) 50’s c) 60’s

 

9) Considered to be one of the greatest rappers ever, Christopher Wallace, was killed in a drive-by shooting in March 1997, by what stagename is he best remembered?

 

10) Which king dissolved the English Parliament in march 1629?

 

 

 

Answers

1) Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the ‘telephone’ in which year? a) 1836 b) 1856 c) 1876

c) 1876

 

2) American pharmacist and chemist Wilbur Scoville died in march 1942, but what is he best remembered for?

Creating the ‘Scoville Scale’ for measuring the heat of chillies

 

3) In March 1910 frenchwoman Raymonde de Laroche, became the first female to obtain a licence to do what?

Fly a plane

 

4) Which Scottish economist and philosopher published ‘The Wealth of Nations’ in 1776, a book that is considered a fundamental work in classical economics?

Adam Smith

 

5) James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in march 1969 to assassinating who?

Martin Luther King

 

6) Which Frenchman married Josephine de Beauharnais in 1796?

Napoleon Bonaparte

 

7) In 1842, what was first documented as being discovered at Rancho San Francisco?

Gold (6 years before the California gold rush)

 

8) The 'Barbie’ doll made its first appearance at a toy fair in March during which decade? a) 40’s b) 50’s c) 60’s

b) 50’s (1959)

 

9) Considered to be one of the greatest rappers ever, Christopher Wallace, was killed in a drive-by shooting in March 1997, by what stagename is he best remembered?

The Notorious B.I.G (or Biggie Smalls or Biggie)

 

10) Which king dissolved the English Parliament in march 1629?

Charles I