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Questions

1) In September 1930 which company started to market the Scotch transparent sticky tape?

 

2) In 1888, which notorious serial killer’s second victim, Annie Chapman, was discovered?

 

3) Which popular American science fiction TV series aired in 1966 and went on to evolve into a film franchise?

 

4) In September of which year did the first ever Football League games take place? a) 1882 b) 1885 c) 1888

 

5) Which traditionally neutral country became a full member of the United Nations in 2002?

 

6) Which Queen was only 9 months old when she was crowned in the Scottish town of Sterling in 1543?

 

7) In 1855 the Siege of Sevastopol came to an end when the Russians abandoned the city during which war?

 

8) Tajikistan declared its independence from which state in 1991?

 

9) In the game show ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ in 2001 which contestant who won the £1 million pound jackpot was later found to have cheated?

 

10) What was described as the largest scientific experiment in history when it was powered up in Geneva in 2008?

 

 

Answers

1) In September 1930 which company started to market the Scotch transparent sticky tape?

3M

 

2) In 1888, which notorious serial killer’s second victim, Annie Chapman, was discovered?

Jack the Ripper

 

3) Which popular American science fiction TV series aired in 1966 and went on to evolve into a film franchise?

Star Trek

 

4) In September of which year did the first ever Football League games take place? a) 1882 b) 1885 c) 1888

c) 1888

 

5) Which traditionally neutral country became a full member of the United Nations in 2002?

Switzerland

 

6) Which Queen was only 9 months old when she was crowned in the Scottish town of Sterling in 1543?

Mary Stuart

 

7) In 1855 the Siege of Sevastopol came to an end when the Russians abandoned the city during which war?

Crimean War

 

8) Tajikistan declared its independence from which state in 1991?

Soviet Union

 

9) In the game show ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ in 2001 which contestant who won the £1 million pound jackpot was later found to have cheated?

Charles Ingram

 

10) What was described as the largest scientific experiment in history when it was powered up in Geneva in 2008?

Large Hadron Collider at CERN