1.

What country was ruled by Pol Pot until he was overthrown by the Vietnamese army in 1979?

2. In what year did US President Ronald Reagan survive an assassination attempt outside Washington DC’s Hilton Hotel?

3. Ukraine-born Leonid Brezhnev led the Soviet Union for 18 years until his death.  But in what year did he die?

4. Roughly when were the earliest stone tools in use?

5.

Which country gave the United States the Statue of Liberty?

6. In what year was future Lord Protector of England, Oliver Cromwell, born?

7. Who discovered the sea route to India (1498)?

8. In what year did Josef Tito of Yugoslavia become the first Communist Head of State to visit Britain?

9. The old St Paul’s Cathedral in London burned down in the great fire of 1666.  When was the new St Paul’s Cathedral opened?

10. In what year was the future Queen Mary I of England born?