Getting your questions ready
Getting your questions ready
All 10 questions with answers and explanations. Play this daily
Q 01Which agreement, negotiated by English and Scottish commissioners in London, merged the two kingdoms into Great Britain?
Treaty of Union
Treaty of Union. The commissioners met at the Cockpit in London, and each parliament then passed its own Act of Union, creating Great Britain on 1 May 1707.
Q 02What had happened in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, decades before Germany signed its World War I peace treaty there?
The German Empire was proclaimed
The German Empire was proclaimed. Bismarck staged it there during the siege of Paris, and in 1919 France chose the same room to make Germany sign its defeat.
Q 03Who headed the US commission that signed the Treaty of Paris ending the Spanish-American War?
William R. Day
William R. Day. He resigned as Secretary of State to lead the commission, and his successor John Hay later signed the memorandum of ratification.
Q 04The Peace of Westphalia was signed in which two cities?
Münster or Osnabrück
The Peace of Westphalia was two treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Münster and Osnabrück. The Treaty of Münster settled matters between the Emperor and France; Osnabrück, between the Emperor and Sweden.
Q 05The Camp David Accords were signed at a table between Israel and which Arab nation?
Egypt
Egypt. The accords led to the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty, which made Egypt the first Arab state to officially recognise Israel.
Q 06Which British Prime Minister is depicted in the film 'Darkest Hour'?
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill. Gary Oldman's portrayal, set during the May 1940 war cabinet crisis, won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Q 07The Treaty of Tordesillas split the New World between Spain and which other power?
Portugal
The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed on 7 June 1494 between the Crown of Castile (Spain) and the Kingdom of Portugal. It drew a meridian through the Atlantic: lands to the east would belong to Portugal, lands to the west to Castile.
Q 08In which year was UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage convention adopted in Paris?
2003
UNESCO's General Conference adopted the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage on 17 October 2003. It protects living traditions: oral traditions, performing arts, rituals, festive events and craft skills.
Q 09What happened to Wilmer McLean's parlour furniture right after Lee's surrender was signed on it?
Union officers bought it as souvenirs
Union officers bought it as souvenirs. General Philip Sheridan paid $20 in gold for the table on which Grant had drafted the surrender terms.
Q 10Which country's representative signed on the wrong line at the Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri?
Canada
Canada. Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave signed a line too low, an error put down to a World War I eye injury, so every later signer was pushed down a line.