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Published: 1st November 2020

 

Author: Quizmaster I

 

This extended quiz is about people and events connected to the month of November

 

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Questions:

1) Born in Nov 1861, James Naismith was a Canadian-American physician, but is primarily remembered for inventing what?

 

2) The Android mobile phone operating system was first revealed by Google in november of which year? a) 2005 b) 2007 c) 2009

 

3) In November 1933 Fiorello H. La Guardia was elected mayor of which city?

 

4) Which former leader was sentenced to death in 2006, for his role in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shi’a Muslims

 

5) Which country launched its first interplanetary probe, the Mars Orbiter Mission in 2013? a) Russia b) China c) India

 

6) Born in 1892,who, along with his navigator Arthur Whitten Brown, was the first person to fly non-stop across the atlantic?

 

7) What is significant about the TV programme ‘Meet the Press’, first shown on NBC in November 1947?

 

8) Who was the actor who died in Nov 2012 who is perhaps best remembered for playing Lance Corporal Jones in ‘Dad’s Army’?

 

9) In what year was the first Melbourne Cup horse race held in Melbourne, Australia? a) 1861 b) 1881 c) 1901

 

10) Which two outlaws were reportedly killed in San Vincente Canton, Bolivia in 1908?

 

11) In 1986, The Federated States of Micronesia gained independence from which country?

 

12) On the 4th November 1956, Soviet troops entered which country in order to quell a rebellion?

 

13) November 2014 saw the official opening of One World Trade Center. What did it replace?

 

14) Who found the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Nov 1922?

 

15) Born in 1954, Stuart Leslie Goddard is better known as which singer?

 

16) In 1973 the Netherlands had a car free Sunday whereby the roads were used by only cyclists roller skaters. Why?

 

17) The last large scale armed rebellion against authority in the UK was in November 1839 when 10000 armed Chartists marched upon which town in Monmouthshire?

 

18) Salvador Allende became the first Marxist president of any Latin American country through open elections in which country in 1970?

 

19) In November 1921, the Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi was assassinated in which city?

 

20) Who was forced to retreat following defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein in 1942?

 

21) Lulu, the Scottish singer-songwriter and actress was born in which decade?

 

22) What was the name of the female American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter who died in November 1926?

 

23) The first section of the M1 motorway was opened in which decade?

 

24) In November 1960, Penguin books were found not guilty of obscenity in a case about which book?

 

25) Born in November 1934, in what field of activity did Ken Rosewall achieve fame?

 

26) A bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was signed by which US President in November 1983?

 

27) Acker Bilk, who died in 2014, was famous for which musical instrument?

 

28) In which country would you find the largest circulation English language daily newspaper originally founded in 1838?

 

29) In 1973 as part of the Mariner Program, NASA launched Mariner 10 towards which planet? a) Mercury b) Venus c) Mars

 

30) Born in November 1933, Jeremy Brett is perhaps best remembered for playing which fictional detective?

 

31) A painting by Michelangelo on which ceiling was first exhibited in Nov 1512?

 

32) A strait, immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, was discovered and named after which explorer during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage?

 

33) Which play by William Shakespeare performed for the first time in Nov 1604 has amongst its characters, Desdamona and Lago?

 

34) Which war also referred to as the Second Indochina War srarted in 1955?

 

35) In 1993 which treaty took effect formally establishing the European Union?

 

36) In 1887 which artist, famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial districts of North West England, was born?

 

37) Edwin (Ted) Lowe was born in 1920, but which sport did he become the 'voice' of?

 

38) Phil Silvers died in Nov 1985, but which part is he most famously remembered for?

 

39) Walter Payton, who died in 1999, was an American football running back for which NFL team for thirteen years?

 

40) Which television service, the world's first "high-definition" service as defined at the time, started in 1936?

 

41) November was the month in which this British heroine was born. She famously rescued survivors from a shipwreck off Northumbria in 1838. Who was she?

 

42) Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was published in November 1865. What was the writer's real name?

 

43) In Nov 1990 who became the first female President of Ireland.

 

44) One of the most popular board games ever devised was launched by Parker Brothers in 1935.

 

45) In 1940 which politician became the only U.S. President to win a third term in office?

 

46) Which politician resigned as British Prime Minister in 1940 and died in November of the same year?

 

47) Who became King of Spain following the death of Franco in 1975?

 

48) In Nov of which year did Angela Merkel become the first female Chancellor of Germany? a) 2001 b) 2003 c) 2005

 

49) In 1957 what was the name of the dog Russia launched into orbit around the earth?

 

50) In 1995 – what was the name of the Israeli Prime Minister who was assassinated while at a peace rally?

 

 

Answers:

1) Born in Nov 1861, James Naismith was a Canadian-American physician, but is primarily remembered for inventing what?

The sport of Basketball

 

2) The Android mobile phone operating system was first revealed by Google in november of which year? a) 2005 b) 2007 c) 2009

b) 2007

 

3) In November 1933 Fiorello H. La Guardia was elected mayor of which city?

New York

 

4) Which former leader was sentenced to death in 2006, for his role in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shi’a Muslims

Saddam Hussein

 

5) Which country launched its first interplanetary probe, the Mars Orbiter Mission in 2013? a) Russia b) China c) India

c) India

 

6) Born in 1892,who, along with his navigator Arthur Whitten Brown, was the first person to fly non-stop across the atlantic?

John Alcock

 

7) What is significant about the TV programme ‘Meet the Press’, first shown on NBC in November 1947?

It is the longest running TV programme in history

 

8) Who was the actor who died in Nov 2012 who is perhaps best remembered for playing Lance Corporal Jones in ‘Dad’s Army’?

Clive Dunn

 

9) In what year was the first Melbourne Cup horse race held in Melbourne, Australia? a) 1861 b) 1881 c) 1901

a) 1861

 

10) Which two outlaws were reportedly killed in San Vincente Canton, Bolivia in 1908?

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

 

11) In 1986, The Federated States of Micronesia gained independence from which country?

United States of America

 

12) On the 4th November 1956, Soviet troops entered which country in order to quell a rebellion?

Hungary

 

13) November 2014 saw the official opening of One World Trade Center. What did it replace?

World Trade Center Twin Towers

 

14) Who found the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Nov 1922?

Howard Carter

 

15) Born in 1954, Stuart Leslie Goddard is better known as which singer?

Adam Ant

 

16) In 1973 the Netherlands had a car free Sunday whereby the roads were used by only cyclists, and roller skaters. Why?

The 1973 Oil Crisis

 

17) The last large scale armed rebellion against authority in the UK was in November 1839 when 10000 armed Chartists marched upon which town in Monmouthshire?

Newport

 

18) Salvador Allende became the first Marxist president of any Latin American country through open elections in which country in 1970?

Chile

 

19) In November 1921, the Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi was assassinated in which city?

Tokyo

 

20) Who was forced to retreat following defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein in 1942?

General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

 

21) Lulu, the Scottish singer-songwriter and actress was born in which decade?

1940s (1948)

 

22) What was the name of the female American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter who died in November 1926?

Annie Oakley

 

23) The first section of the M1 motorway was opened in which decade?

1950s (1959)

 

24) In November 1960, Penguin books were found not guilty of obscenity in a case about which book?

Lady Chatterley's Lover

 

25) Born in November 1934, in what field of activity did Ken Rosewall achieve fame?

Tennis

 

26) A bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was signed by which US President in November 1983?

Ronald Reagan

 

27) Acker Bilk, who died in 2014, was famous for which musical instrument?

Clarinet

 

28) In which country would you find the largest circulation English language daily newspaper originally founded in 1838?

India (The Times of India)

 

29) In 1973 as part of the Mariner Program, NASA launched Mariner 10 towards which planet? a) Mercury b) Venus c) Mars

a) Mercury

 

30) Born in November 1933, Jeremy Brett is perhaps best remembered for playing which fictional detective?

Sherlock Holmes

 

31) A painting by Michelangelo on which ceiling was first exhibited in Nov 1512?

Sistine Chapel

 

32) A strait, immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, was discovered and named after which explorer during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage?

Ferdinand Magellan

 

33) Which play by William Shakespeare performed for the first time in Nov 1604 has amongst its characters, Desdamona and Lago?

Othello

 

34) Which war also referred to as the Second Indochina War srarted in 1955?

Vietnam War

 

35) In 1993 which treaty took effect formally establishing the European Union?

Maastricht Treaty

 

36) In 1887 which artist, famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial districts of North West England, was born?

LS Lowry

 

37) Edwin (Ted) Lowe was born in 1920, but which sport did he become the 'voice' of?

Snooker (Whispering Ted)

 

38) Phil Silvers died in Nov 1985, but which part is he most famously remembered for?

Sgt Ernest (Ernie) Bilko

 

39) Walter Payton, who died in 1999, was an American football running back for which NFL team for thirteen years?

Chicago Bears

 

40) Which television service, the world's first "high-definition" service as defined at the time, started in 1936?

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

 

41) November was the month in which this British heroine was born. She famously rescued survivors from a shipwreck off Northumbria in 1838. Who was she?

Grace Darling

 

42) Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was published in November 1865. What was the writer's real name?

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

 

43) In Nov 1990 who became the first female President of Ireland.

Mary Robinson

 

44) One of the most popular board games ever devised was launched by Parker Brothers in 1935.

Monopoly

 

45) In 1940 which politician became the only U.S. President to win a third term in office?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

46) Which politician resigned as British Prime Minister in 1940 and died in November of the same year?

Neville Chamberlain

 

47) Who became King of Spain following the death of Franco in 1975?

Juan Carlos I

 

48) In Nov of which year did Angela Merkel become the first female Chancellor of Germany? a) 2001 b) 2003 c) 2005

c)2005

 

49) In 1957 what was the name of the dog Russia launched into orbit around the earth?

Laika

 

50) In 1995 – what was the name of the Israeli Prime Minister who was assassinated while at a peace rally?

Yitzhak Rabin