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In which decade did the Lake District have the highest population of sheep?

1980s

1930s

1960s

2000s

In the traditional system for upland sheep farming, how many sheep/cattle/poultry could you put on common land?

A quarter of those that you could winter on your own land

Double those that you could winter on your own land

Number in direct proportion that you could winter on your own land

Half of those that you could winter on your own land

Which one of these was not a condition of Rutherford B. Hayes' Compromise of 1877?

The ability to veto racial legislatino in Southern states

The appointment of at least one Southern Democrat to the cabinet

The construction of another transcontinental railroad

The removal of military forces from Confederate States

How many amendments to the US constitution have there been?

What plane was Joseph Watts flying the night he died?

Hampden Bomber

Bristol Beaufort

De Havilland Mosquito

Arvo Lancaster

What happened to Joseph Watts and his plane?

Flew into barrage balloons

Missing, presumed dead

Shot down and captured by the Germans

Killed in action

Which feat was Maurice Wilson hoping to accomplish?

Climb Everest alone

Climb K2 alone

Fly over Everest

Climb the five highest peaks in the Himalayas

In which year did Maurice Wilson arrive in Tibet for his climb?

1933

1934

1932

1935

Which of these 20th century leaders was the first to have a 'full blown personality cult'?

Mussolini

Chairman Mao

Stalin

General Franco

Which year can Vladimir Putin now rule until?

2025

2042

2036

For life

In which year did the Mutiny on the Spanish Main occur?

1797

1766

1781

1789

What triggered the Mutiny on the Spanish Main?

Poor food supplies

Being shipwrecked

Harsh discipline on board

Finding treasure

Which Democratic nominee did Rutherford B .Hayes defeat in the contested election of 1876?

Horatio Seymour

Grover Cleveland

Samuel Tilden

Ulysses S. Grant

How many electoral college votes were needed to win the presidency in 1876?

185

225

160

270

In which branch of the British military did Christian Lamb serve during World War Two?

Royal Navy

Royal Marines

British Army

Royal Air Force

What did Christian Lamb remember seeing at Trafalgar Square during World War Two?

Dogfights in the sky above

Men enlisting

Bomb craters

Queues for rations

The H3N2 flu virus (also known as the Hong Kong Flu) caused a pandemic in which year?

1968

1918

2001

1956

Roughly what was the global death toll in the Hong Kong Flu pandemic?

1 million

500,000

3 million

100,000

Which of Edward III's sons was Margaret Beaufort descended from?

John of Gaunt

Lionel, Duke of Clarence

Edward the Black Prince

Edmund, Duke of York

How old was Margaret Beaufort when she married Edmund Tudor?

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