What was Ehrich Weiss better known as?

On which island was Capt Cook killed in 1779?

The falsely accused WW I spy Mata Hari was from which country?

Which country founded the West India Company?

Diana was the Roman goddess of what?

What country provided the birthplace of Christopher Columbus?

Which English Monarch was the first from the House of Stuart?

Which English Monarch was succeeded by William III of Orange?

Which English Monarch succeeded Charles II?

Who hosted the music radio program The Perfumed Garden?

Joseph Stalin twice ordered the KGB to assassinate which US actor?

The Mau Mau were terrorists in which country late 50s early 60s?

What was the name of the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

Which explorers expedition was the first to circumnavigate the earth?

Which English Monarch succeeded William III of Orange?

Which famous outlaws last words were "That's life"?

In which month of 1987 was weatherman Michael Fish embarrassed for failing to give warning of severe gales?

Which English Monarch was also known as Old Ironsides

From which country did Bangladesh claim its independence?

Where did the 30 years war start and finish?

Which member of the British Royal Family was made Deputy Sheriff of Harris County, Texas in 1960?

Who directly succeeded King Edward VI as Monarch of England?

Seti I was the father of which Egyptian?

Julius Caesar said "The die is cast" after crossing which river?

The crossing of which river started a civil war?

What kind of march did Gandhi lead?

Which city was destroyed by an earthquake in 1906?

What was the name of the flu that killed an estimated 40 million people in 1918?

Olaf Palme was assassinated in 1986. Of which country was he the prime minister?

What was sometimes used as currency in 18th century Siberia?

What did Captain Cook call the Islands of Tonga?

Which of these radio programmes did John Peel once present?

Which major British newspaper closed down for almost a year in 1978?

Which ancient world wonder was found in Alexandria?

The Rainbow Warrior was what form of transport?

What was the name of the cat that survived the sinking of the Bismark, HMS Cossack and the HMS Ark Royal in WW II ?

Marco Polo was a citizen of which city?

Which animal is not a Chinese year?

In history, the highwayman Dick Turpin was hanged in which city?

How many wheels had a hansom cab?

How many seconds did it take Napoleons surgeon Baron Dominique Larrey to amputate a leg?

How many swings of the axe did it take to remove Maria Stuarts head?

How many dollars did the first settlers pay the native Indians for Manhattan Island?

Concubines excluded, how many wives did a Chinese Emperor have?

According to legend, how many bears did Davy Crockett kill in 7 months? 

How old was the Biblical figure Methusalem?

In which year were the Salem witchcraft trials?

In which year was the last legal execution of a witch in Scotland?

In which year was the lightning rod invented?

In which year did New York become a US state?