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| 911 | Before Tony Blair, who was the previous leader of the Labour Party to win a general election? | Harold Wilson | |
| 912 | In which war were the most Victoria Crosses awarded? | First World War | |
| 913 | What was the name of the first artificial satellite sent into space? | Sputnik 1 | |
| 914 | Who invented the hot air balloon? | The Montgolfier brothers | |
| 915 | Where did the peaceful Velvet Revolution take place in 1989? | Czechoslovakia | |
| 916 | When the UN was established in 1945, what did it replace? | The League of Nations | |
| 917 | In which city was the Titanic built? | Belfast | |
| 918 | Who was the second president of the United States of America? | John Adams | |
| 919 | Who appeared on a World War I recruitment poster above the words `Your country needs YOU`? | Lord Kitchener | |
| 920 | In which century did the Mary Rose sink? | 16th | |
| 921 | Was the West German currency introduced in East Germany before or after re-unification in 1990? | Before | |
| 922 | Between them, the six wives of HenryVIII were of three different nationalities. English, Spanish and what other? | German (Ann of Cleves) | |
| 923 | The 1812 Overture was written to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon in which city? | Moscow | |
| 924 | Which Prime Minister made Jeffrey Archer a life peer? | John Major | |
| 925 | What was the original name of the Royal Air Force? | Royal Flying Corps | |
| 926 | In which city was Terry Waite kidnapped? | Beirut | |
| 927 | Who was the last Governor of Hong Kong? | Chris Pattern | |
| 928 | In what year was the Great Train Robbery? | 1963 | |
| 929 | Who succeeded David Steel as leader of the Liberal Democrats? | Paddy Ashdown | |
| 930 | Who assassinated John Lennon? | Mark Chapman | |
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| 931 | What is the name of the canoeist who famously faked his own death when he disappeared in 2002? | John Darwin | |
| 932 | Who was assassinated by Nathuram Godse in 1948? | Mahatma Ghandi | |
| 933 | Which country had a secret police force known as the Tonton Macoute? | Haiti | |
| 934 | Who was Queen of England for 9 days in 1553? | Lady Jane Grey | |
| 935 | Who did Ronald Reagan succeed as American President | Jimmy Carter | |
| 936 | Who founded The Metropolitan Police? | Robert Peel | |
| 937 | What was the name of the fort in Texas where a group of Americans fought a large Mexican force in 1836? | Alamo | |
| 938 | What was the first type of animal in the world to be domesticated? | The dog | |
| 939 | Which country celebrated its bicentenary in 1988? | Australia | |
| 940 | Which English explorer introduced tobacco and potatoes to England? | Walter Raleigh | |
| 941 | What great discovery was made in 1922 by Howard Carter and Lord Caernarvon? | The tomb of Tutankamun | |
| 942 | King Richard I was known by what other name? | Richard the Lionheart | |
| 943 | Which brothers invented the airplane in 1903? | Wilbur and Orville Wright | |
| 944 | In what country is Waterloo, where the famous battle took place? | Belgium | |
| 945 | What award was given to Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, Martin Luther King in 1964 and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990? | The Nobel Peace Prize | |
| 946 | What was the first country to issue postage stamps? | Great Britain | |
| 947 | Who ordered the execution of John The Baptist? | King Herod | |
| 948 | Who ruled England from 1910 to 1936? | King George V | |
| 949 | By what nickname was the 70s serial killer David Berkovitz better known? | Son Of Sam | |
| 950 | On which Greek island was a famous sculpture with no arms found in 1820? | Milos | |
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| 951 | What 16th century warship was raised from the sea bed in 1982? | Mary Rose | |
| 952 | Which French city was besieged by the English until the arrival of Joan of Arc? | Orleans | |
| 953 | What was the name of the peace treaty at the end of World War I? | The Treaty of Versailles | |
| 954 | What was an iron maiden used for? Dress making, Feeding horses or Torture? | Torture | |
| 955 | In 1785, Blanchard and Jeffries became the first to cross the English channel using which method of transport? | Balloon | |
| 956 | Which British Admiral defeated the French at Trafalgar, but was killed during the battle? | Nelson | |
| 957 | How long did the one hundred year war last? 66, 89, 100 or 116 years? | 116 years | |
| 958 | After who or what is the Rosetta stone named? | The town where it was found | |
| 959 | Which English explorer introduced the potato and the tobacco plant to England? | Sir Walter Raleigh | |
| 960 | What was the first name of Nelson, the British Admiral who defeated the French at the battle of Trafalgar? | Horatio | |
| 961 | On what date and in what year did America declare it`s independence from Britain? | 4th July, 1776 | |
| 962 | In what year did the attack on Pearl Harbour take place? | 1941 | |
| 963 | Who gave the famous speech known as the `Gettysburg Address`? | Abraham Lincoln | |
| 964 | Who was the British king during World War I? | George V | |
| 965 | Whose assassination is said to have led to the outbreak of the first world war? | Archduke Ferdinand`s | |
| 966 | In Roman times, what was the tenth month of the year? | December | |
| 967 | In which was did the Battle of the Somme take place? | World War I | |
| 968 | At which battle was King Harold killed by an arrow? | Battle of Hastings | |
| 969 | The words Czar and Kaiser are both derived from which famous person in history? | Julius Caesar | |
| 970 | In Greek mythology, who did Zeus punish by making him carry the heavens with his head and hands? | Atlas | |
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| 971 | Who created havoc in 1938, when his radio broadcast of `The War Of The Worlds` was believed to be true? | Orson Welles | |
| 972 | Who was the first person pictured on a British postage stamp? | Queen Victoria | |
| 973 | At the time when dinosaurs existed on the Earth`s surface, how many continents were there? | One | |
| 974 | Who was the first man to reach the South Pole? | Roald Amundsen | |
| 975 | Which country was once known as Constanstinople? | Istanbul | |
| 976 | What nationality was the philosopher Confucious? | Chinese | |
| 977 | Who was the first American President to be assassinated? | Abraham Lincoln | |
| 978 | What was the first name of ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher`s husband? | Denis | |
| 979 | Which baseball star did Marilyn Monroe marry in January, 1954? | Joe DiMaggio | |
| 980 | Who ruled England from 1837 to 1901? | Queen Victoria | |
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