| Question | Answer |
| Which Russian Marxist revolutionary was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1929? | |
| Which country was formed when Tanganyika and Zanzibar united in 1964? | |
| At which 1805 battle was Admiral Horatio Nelson fatally wounded? | |
| Which 'unsinkable' ship sank at 2.20 a.m on April 15th 1912? | |
| Which city, capital of the Aztec Empire, was founded on an island in Lake Texcoco in 1325? | |
| What was the US policy to give foreign aid to prevent nations from falling into the Soviet sphere? | |
| In 1923, which magazine became the first weekly news magazine in the US? | |
| Under which pen name is 19th century American author Samuel Clemens better known? | |
| What did Mughal emperor Shah Jahan build in memory of his third wife? | |
| Which 3rd century B.C Chinese collection of sculptures was discovered by local farmers in 1974? | |
| Which US state was an independent republic from 1836-46? | |
| Who was President of Yugoslavia from 1953 until his death in 1980? | |
| Which Himalayan region was incorporated into the People's Republic of China in 1951? | |
| The location of which Homeric city eluded historians for centuries? | |
| Which Australian island was known as Van Diemen's Land until 1824? | |
| Who, in 1979, became the first female Prime Minister of the UK? | |
| The tomb of which Egyptian Pharaoh was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922? | |
| Which Royal House ruled England from 1485-1603? | |
| At which 480 B.C battle did a Greek army of around 7,000 contest 100,000 Persians? | |
| Who was the Norse god of thunder and lightning? | |