| 1. | After which famous person in history was the teddy bear named?
Theodore Roosevelt |
| 2. | The invention of what in 1867, made Alfred Nobel famous?
Dynamite |
| 3. | What type of sweet did Mars and Murrie develop in 1941?
M & Ms |
| 4. | Which geographical location was the first word spoken on the moon?
Houston |
| 5. | Who was the first woman to be shot by the FBI?
Bonnie Parker (of Bonnie and Clyde fame) |
| 6. | In 1785, Blanchard and Jeffries became the first to cross the English channel using which method of transport?
Balloon |
| 7. | What historic event does the nursery rhyme "Ring-a-ring of roses" commemorate?
The Great Plague |
| 8. | Who was the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of the Second World War?
Neville Chamberlain |
| 9. | In America, what became the 49th state to enter the union in 1959?
Alaska |
| 10. | Who killed who in 1963 in what is generally regarded as the first live televised murder?
Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Tie Break | In what year was the first English translation of the Bible completed?
1388 |
