
In 1998 low flying military aircraft caused the death of 20 people in a cable car in which country ?
Italy

Name the anti-aparthied activist born in South Africa in 1946 who died in police custody in 1977.
[Steve ----]
Biko

Antoinette Poisson was the real name of which of Louis XV of Frances mistresses ?
[Madame de P--------]
Madame de Pompadour

At which battle did Napoleon beat the Austrians ?
[M------]
Marengo

Between 1949 and 1990, which city was the capital of West Germany ?
[----]
Bonn

Bismarcks war policy in the 19th century was summed up in three words: Blut und Eisen. What is an English translation ?
[B---- and I---]
Blood and Iron

Born 63 BC died 14 AD, ruler of the Roman Empire.
[J----- C----- A-------]
Julius Caesar Augustus

During the French Revolution, what was the name given to the working class revolutionaries of Paris ?
[Sans C-------]
Sans Culottes

Ekaterina Djugashvili called her son Soso; by what name was he better known to the rest of the world ?
[------]
Stalin

Given to Oscar Schindler and Captain Frank Foley, the high honour Righteous among the nations is given by which country ?
Israel

Having legendary wealth, who was the last King of Lydia ?
[C-----s]
Croesus

In 1889, what took over from the Great Pyramid as the tallest building in the world ?
The Eiffel Tower

In 1922 what was discovered by the archaeologist Howard Carter ?
[The tomb of -----------]
The tomb of Tutankhamun

In 1945 the United Nations set up the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. What is this bank normally called ?
The World Bank

In 1948, Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of which country ?
Israel

In 1971, East Pakistan became which independent nation ?
Bangladesh

In January, Russia began to circulate new coinage to guard against the risk of inflation. What is the unit of currency in Russia ?
[The -----]
The Ruble