In which city did the second Olympic Games of the modern era take place in 1900?
Athens
Paris
Rome
When were bar codes first used?
the 1960s
the 1970s
the 1980s
Which famous American was assassinated on 4th April 1968?
Bobby Kennedy
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King
The sale of what was banned in the USA in January 1920?
alcohol
cigarettes
tobacco
Who wrote his thoughts in a 'Little Red Book'?
Ghandi
Lenin
Mao Zedong
In what year were Tsar Nicolas II and his family killed by the Bolsheviks?
1916
1918
1917
In 1922, a 14-year-old boy was given the first human experimental dose of what?
paracetamol
insulin
penicillin
Why did the Brithish Royal Family change its name from 'Saxe-Coburg and Gotha' to 'Windsor' in 1917?
because it was too long
because it was too difficult to pronounce
because it sounded too German
Which Italian city was destroyed when a volcano erupted in 79 AD?
Pompeii
Naples
Rome
What were Swiss women finally allowed to do in 1971?
get a divorce
open a bank account
vote in national elections