1. In which year did the first Space Shuttle go into space?

 
 
 
 
 

2. How old was Roman Emperor Nero when he killed himself in AD 68, after the Senate declared him a public enemy.

 
 
 
 
 

3. What year was The United Nations established?

 
 
 
 
 

4. In what year did Portuguese explorer, Bartholomew Diaz, become the first European to successfully navigate around South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope?

 
 
 
 
 

5. In what year were Christians first legally recognised in the Roman Empire

 
 
 
 
 

6. In what year were 33 miners rescued after being trapped for 69 days in a mine half a mile below the Chilean desert?

 
 
 
 
 

7. The first Eddystone Lighthouse off Cornwall, UK, was swept away in The Great Storm that killed 8,000 people.  What year was that?

 
 
 
 
 

8. In which year was Hong Kong ceded to Britain by China, (finally returned to China in 1997)?

 
 
 
 
 

9. In what year did supersonic passenger jet Concorde make its final flight?

 
 
 
 
 

10. In what year did Edward V accede to the throne of England, following the death of his father, King Henry IV?

 
 
 
 
 

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