History Quiz

Quiz 66 – Round 2 – History

Who was UK Prime Minister when the following took place?

1. The outbreak of World War One

Herbert Henry Asquith

2. Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon

Harold Wilson

3. The abdication of Edward VIII

Stanley Baldwin

4. Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer

Margaret Thatcher

5. Decimalised currency replaced pounds, shillings and pence

Edward Heath

6. Wilbur and Orville Wright piloted the first successful, powered flight

Arthur Balfour

7. The death of Queen Victoria

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

8. The Channel Tunnel was officially opened

John Major

9. John F. Kennedy was assassinated

Sir Alec Douglas-Home

10. Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space

Harold Macmillan

 

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