Friday Quiz Answers 28/03/2025

1. Who was the first monarch of the Tudor dynasty in England?
   Answer: Henry VII.

2. What year did the Titanic sink after hitting an iceberg?
   Answer: 1912

3. Which ancient wonder was located in the city of Babylon?
   Answer: The Hanging Gardens.

4. Who was the first person to step on the moon in 1969?
   Answer: Neil Armstrong.

5. Which empire was ruled by Julius Caesar, Augustus, and Nero?
   Answer: The Roman Empire.

6. What historic event is remembered on the 5th of November in the UK?
   Answer: The Gunpowder Plot (Guy Fawkes Night).

7. Which country was the first to give women the right to vote in 1893?
   Answer: New Zealand.

8. Which war was fought between the North and South regions of the United States from 1861 to 1865?
   Answer: The American Civil War.

9. What was the name of the medieval pandemic that killed millions across Europe in the 14th century?
   Answer: The Black Death (Bubonic Plague).

10. Which British Prime Minister led the country during most of World War II?
    Answer: Winston Churchill.

Bright Source Bonus Question

Q. Which historical invention, first demonstrated in 1801 by Humphry Davy, was the earliest form of electric lighting?
Answer: The Arc Lamp. (Davy’s arc lamp was the first practical demonstration of electric light, paving the way for modern lighting technologies.)