1. Where was Cleopatra born?

 
 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 
 

3. Marie Antoinette was married to which French king?

 
 
 
 
 

4. In which year was the USSR broken up, giving independence to its component republics?

 
 
 
 
 

5. In  what year was gangster Al Capone convicted of 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury?

 
 
 
 
 

6. In what year was a USA spy plane, piloted by Gary Powers, shot down over Moscow, USSR?

 
 
 
 
 

7. Edward I of England had just conquered the Welsh and was on his way to do battle with the Scots under Robert the Bruce.  But he died on the journey to Scotland.  What year was that?

 
 
 
 
 

8. In what year did Henry II, father of Richard the Lionheart, become King of England?

 
 
 
 
 

9. What instrument did USA President Richard Nixon play well?

 
 
 
 
 

10. In what year was England’s King Charles II proclaimed King by the English Parliament?

 
 
 
 
 

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