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A quiz in our series that test how much you know about events that have happened in the month of March

 

Questions

1) In March 1964 who was Jack Ruby convicted of killing?

 

2) Which American-German physicist and Nobel prize winner was born in March 1879?

 

3) In 1990 who was elected as the first President of the Soviet Union and brought in reforming policies of ‘glasnost’ and ‘perestroika’?

 

4) What is the name of the pediatrician and author, who died in March 1998, whose book ‘The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care was one of the best selling books of the 20th century?

 

5) The assassination of which leader took place on the 15th March 44 BC?

 

6) The first ever official cricket Test Match took place: Australia versus England in March of which year? a) 1857 b) 1877 c) 1897

 

7) In 1967 John F Kennedy was moved to his final burial place where?

 

8) Who was the English physicist who, at the time of his death in 2018, was the director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge University?

 

9) The 304 year old Romanov dynasty was brought to an end in 1917 when which Tsar abdicated?

 

10) Born in March 1933, Ruth Bader Ginsberg held what position from 1993 until her death in 1920?

 

 

Answers

1) In March 1964 who was Jack Ruby convicted of killing?

Lee Harvey Oswald

 

2) Which American-German physicist and Nobel prize winner was born in March 1879?

Albert Einstein

 

3) In 1990 who was elected as the first President of the Soviet Union and brought in reforming policies of ‘glasnost’ and ‘perestroika’?

Mikhail Gorbachev

 

4) What is the name of the pediatrician and author, who died in March 1998, whose book ‘The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care was one of the best selling books of the 20th century?

(Dr) Benjamin Spock

 

5) The assassination of which leader took place on the 15th March 44 BC?

Julius Caesar

 

6) The first ever official cricket Test Match took place: Australia versus England in March of which year? a) 1857 b) 1877 c) 1897

b) 1877

 

7) In 1967 John F Kennedy was moved to his final burial place where?

Arlington National Cemetery

 

8) Who was the English physicist who, at the time of his death in 2018, was the director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge University?

Stephen Hawking

 

9) The 304 year old Romanov dynasty was brought to an end in 1917 when which Tsar abdicated?

Nicholas II of Russia

 

10) Born in March 1933, Ruth Bader Ginsberg held what position from 1993 until her death in 1920?

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States