Quiz No. 6/22 Worldwide

51- Who called the British ‘A nation of Shopkeepers’?

Ans:    Napoleon

52- What happened to the titanic in 1912?

Ans:    She hit an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank with great loss of life.

53- Who were the Huguenotes?

Ans:    French Protestants

54- Napoleon was finally defeated at Waterloo. Where is waterloo?

Ans:    In Belgium

55- What famous tower was opened in Paris in 1890?

Ans:    The Eiffel Tower, built for the exhibition of 1889. Much criticized at first, it is now a symbol of Paris all over the world.

56- This river is nickname ‘China’s sorrow’, being so unstable that the often floods. The worst recorded flood killed nearly four million people in 1931. Name the river?

Ans:    The Hwang-Ho or Yellow River

57- Why are there very few old buildings in San Francisco?

Most of the old city was destroyed in the great earthquake of 1906, much of it by fire after the ‘quake.

58- Which firm made the famous Peacemaker pistol?

Ans:    The firm of Colt, It was supposed to be one way of making peace!

59- In which war with America did the British set fire to the White House?

Ans:    In the war of 1812 in retaliation for the Americans burning the seat of government at (new Toronto)  

60- The Japanese invaded Australia in the Second World War. True or False?

Ans:    False,   though they invaded nearly New Guinea.