Post by danmoorhouse on Dec 9, 2010 14:12:27 GMT
As the meeting due to be held last night was cancelled I thought I'd post the questions that were written for a quiz / quizzes on here. Apologies if they're too easy or too hard! (At least I'll know better for next time...)
In the spirit of competition - please send answers to me via e-mail (dan@schoolshistory.org.uk) and if I can shake off my seasonal scrooge mood there may be a prize involved...
History Quiz in two sections, half local, half modern world history.
Section 1: Local History
Round 1: Where am I?
1 Also called ‘Pinfold’ and often referred to as the “Irish Quarter”: which part of town are you in?
2 Formally known as Holmes Field, it’s been used for sporting events since 1876. Where in Keighley are you?
3 An estimated 25,000 people saw me being unveiled on December 7th 1924. Where / What am I?
4 I cost £7,100 to build in 1858 replacing my predecessor which had been at Exley Head. I still stand but now have a different function. What / Where am I?
5 Keighley Corporation bought this place in 1949 and thanks to assistance from Sir Bracewell Smith it was refurbished and opened for public use. Where am I?
Round 2: Who am I?
6 Bernard Cornwell’s ‘Sharpe’ is supposedly inspired by me. What is the name of this local hero of the Spanish Peninsula Wars and Battle of Waterloo?
7 Born in Keighley I salvaged over US$ 100,000,000 of Russian gold from the wreck of HMS Edinburgh. Who am I?
8 In 1885 I was elected as Keighley’s first member of Parliament, who was I?
9 I gave a £10,000 grant to pay for the construction of the library in Keighley. Who am I?
10 In 2009 a film that I wrote the script for won 8 Academy awards. I was born in Keighley. Who am I?
Round 3: What year?
11 Edward I grants Henry de Kighley a grant to hold a market in Keighley.
12 In what year did British rail officially close the Worth Valley branch line?
13 In what year did Keighley become a Municipal Borough?
14 In what year was the statue of Rombald originally placed on its plinth in the shopping arcade?
15 In what year did Keighley Picture House originally open?
Round 4: General
16 Keighley is twinned with 3 towns. What are their names?
17 According to the Bradford Council website there are only 3 Grade 1 listed buildings (and a Grade 1 listed barn that is part of the grounds of one of these buildings) in Keighley and District. Name them.
18 Margaret Wintringham was born in Keighley in 1879. She later became only the second ever woman to do what?
19 What title was John Taylor, of the brewing family, given in 1982?
20 Keighley born actress Mollie Sugden is perhaps best remembered for her role in the sitcom ‘Are you being served?’ What was the name of her character in this programme?
Section 2: Questions that 15/16 year old pupils studying a GCSE in Modern World History would be expected to know the answers to. (Apologies to Lewis for deliberately picking the course his school doesn’t teach... that might come next month though!)
21 Who was assassinated on June 28th 1914?
22 On what date did the Battle of the Somme commence?
23 How much money (in £) was Germany required to pay in reparations as a result of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
24 Which Intergovernmental organisation held its first meeting on January 16th, 1920?
25 Which Chinese province did Japan invade in September 1931?
26 Which invasion did the Walwal incident lead to in 1935?
27 A meeting of Chamberlain, Daladier, Hitler and Mussolini on 29th September 1938 resulted in what?
28 What lasted from 24 June 1948 to 12 May 1949?
29 Joseph Stalin died in 1953. Who replaced him as Soviet Leader?
30 Which Invasion did President Kennedy sanction in April 1961?
31 Combined, the US eighteen amendment to the constitution and the Volstead Act are more widely known by what term?
32 Thursday 24th October 1929. What happened of worldwide significance?
33 Lieutenant Calley was convicted for his involvement in what?
34 In what year did Saigon fall to the North Vietnamese?
35 30 January 1972, Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland. How many people were killed on the day?
36 What officially ceased to exist on December 31, 1991?
37 Which US Civil Rights Acivist was assassinated on February 21, 1965?
38 In the build up to the Iraq War, who was the UN’s head weapons inspector in the country?
39 Who was the first women to elected as a member of Parliament?
40 Which was the first European country to introduce compulsory national insurance against sickness?
In the spirit of competition - please send answers to me via e-mail (dan@schoolshistory.org.uk) and if I can shake off my seasonal scrooge mood there may be a prize involved...
History Quiz in two sections, half local, half modern world history.
Section 1: Local History
Round 1: Where am I?
1 Also called ‘Pinfold’ and often referred to as the “Irish Quarter”: which part of town are you in?
2 Formally known as Holmes Field, it’s been used for sporting events since 1876. Where in Keighley are you?
3 An estimated 25,000 people saw me being unveiled on December 7th 1924. Where / What am I?
4 I cost £7,100 to build in 1858 replacing my predecessor which had been at Exley Head. I still stand but now have a different function. What / Where am I?
5 Keighley Corporation bought this place in 1949 and thanks to assistance from Sir Bracewell Smith it was refurbished and opened for public use. Where am I?
Round 2: Who am I?
6 Bernard Cornwell’s ‘Sharpe’ is supposedly inspired by me. What is the name of this local hero of the Spanish Peninsula Wars and Battle of Waterloo?
7 Born in Keighley I salvaged over US$ 100,000,000 of Russian gold from the wreck of HMS Edinburgh. Who am I?
8 In 1885 I was elected as Keighley’s first member of Parliament, who was I?
9 I gave a £10,000 grant to pay for the construction of the library in Keighley. Who am I?
10 In 2009 a film that I wrote the script for won 8 Academy awards. I was born in Keighley. Who am I?
Round 3: What year?
11 Edward I grants Henry de Kighley a grant to hold a market in Keighley.
12 In what year did British rail officially close the Worth Valley branch line?
13 In what year did Keighley become a Municipal Borough?
14 In what year was the statue of Rombald originally placed on its plinth in the shopping arcade?
15 In what year did Keighley Picture House originally open?
Round 4: General
16 Keighley is twinned with 3 towns. What are their names?
17 According to the Bradford Council website there are only 3 Grade 1 listed buildings (and a Grade 1 listed barn that is part of the grounds of one of these buildings) in Keighley and District. Name them.
18 Margaret Wintringham was born in Keighley in 1879. She later became only the second ever woman to do what?
19 What title was John Taylor, of the brewing family, given in 1982?
20 Keighley born actress Mollie Sugden is perhaps best remembered for her role in the sitcom ‘Are you being served?’ What was the name of her character in this programme?
Section 2: Questions that 15/16 year old pupils studying a GCSE in Modern World History would be expected to know the answers to. (Apologies to Lewis for deliberately picking the course his school doesn’t teach... that might come next month though!)
21 Who was assassinated on June 28th 1914?
22 On what date did the Battle of the Somme commence?
23 How much money (in £) was Germany required to pay in reparations as a result of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
24 Which Intergovernmental organisation held its first meeting on January 16th, 1920?
25 Which Chinese province did Japan invade in September 1931?
26 Which invasion did the Walwal incident lead to in 1935?
27 A meeting of Chamberlain, Daladier, Hitler and Mussolini on 29th September 1938 resulted in what?
28 What lasted from 24 June 1948 to 12 May 1949?
29 Joseph Stalin died in 1953. Who replaced him as Soviet Leader?
30 Which Invasion did President Kennedy sanction in April 1961?
31 Combined, the US eighteen amendment to the constitution and the Volstead Act are more widely known by what term?
32 Thursday 24th October 1929. What happened of worldwide significance?
33 Lieutenant Calley was convicted for his involvement in what?
34 In what year did Saigon fall to the North Vietnamese?
35 30 January 1972, Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland. How many people were killed on the day?
36 What officially ceased to exist on December 31, 1991?
37 Which US Civil Rights Acivist was assassinated on February 21, 1965?
38 In the build up to the Iraq War, who was the UN’s head weapons inspector in the country?
39 Who was the first women to elected as a member of Parliament?
40 Which was the first European country to introduce compulsory national insurance against sickness?