1 | What was the name of the cavalry regiment raised and trained by Oliver Cromwell in the English Civil War? The Ironsides |
2 | William Howard Russell became famous as what during the Crimean War? War Correspondent (for The Times) |
3 | The Bourbon dynasty began to rule which country from 1700 and still do? Spain |
4 | What was abolished in Russia in 1861? Serfdom |
5 | Near which city in Russia did the greatest tank battle of World War II take place in July 1943? Kursk |
6 | Abyssinia is the former name of which country? Ethiopia |
7 | At the battle of Ashdown, in A.D 871, the Danes were defeated by forces under which famous king? King Alfred (The Great) |
8 | What did Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, die of? Typhoid |
9 | Who was the first monarch of the House of Tudor? Henry VII |
10 | Who crowned Napoleon as Emperor? He crowned himself |