Free What Year Quiz Questions on old stuff (before 1950). Includes what-century and what-decade questions.
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What century? Joan of Arc burnt at the stake, some German bloke invented the printing press and King Henry 8th was born.
15th century
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What century: Michelangelo painted the Sistine chapel, Henry 8th died and Sir Francis Drake sailed round the world
16th century
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In which century did Walter Raleigh bring potatoes and tobacco from the new world back to Britain?
16th century
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What century: Dom Perignon invented champagne, the microscope was invented AND Oliver Cromwell died
17th century
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What century did all of these things happen: Great Fire of London, Champagne was invented by Dom Perignon and Isaac Newton invented gravity
17th century
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What year was the American Declaration of Independence from Britain?
1776
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What century were roller skates invented?
18th
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Which century did Robert Burns die?
18th (1796)
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What century: Isaac Newton died, Vivaldi wrote the Four Season and Captain Cook found Australia.
18th century
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what century? First hot air balloon went up, Rabbie Burns died and George Washington became 1st US president
18th century
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In which century did Dick Turpin live?
18th century (1706 - 1739)
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What year: The Eiffel Tower was completed, Adolf Hitler was born and so was Charlie Chaplin?
1889
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What decade: barbed wire was invented, the Suez canal opened and slavery was abolished in the USA by the 13th amendment to the US constitution?
1860s
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What decade did all these people die?? Karl Marx, Billy The Kid and Charles Darwin?
1880s
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In which decade was the fist petrol car driven in Britain?
1890s
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What century? Louis Braille invents Braille, the Bronte sisters were all born and Nelsons column was erected
19th century
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What year: women were allowed to compete in the Olympic Games for the first time and tea bags were invented?
1908
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In which decade was under-18 drinking first banned in the UK?
1920s
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What decade did the first Winter Olympics took place, and the comedian Bob Monkhouse was born?
1920s
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What decade: electric guitar invented, the first winter Olympics took place and the BBC was created.
1920s
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What decade? Sliced bread was invented, The Queen was born and BBC Radio began broadcasting
1920s
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What year: Michael Caine was born, Hitler became the ruler of Germany and King Kong was out at the movies?
1933
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What year was the Dalai Lama born?
1935
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What year: The Hobbit was published, actor Jack Nicholson was born and Snow White and The Seven Dwarves was out at the movies
1937
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What year: The first issue of The Beano was published, Italy won the world cup in France and Terry Wogan was born
1938
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What decade: the first edition of the Beano was published, the Driving Test was introduced in the UK, and Wizard of Oz was out at the movies
1930s
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What decade: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opened in Australia, JRR Tolkein wrote The Hobbit and driving tests were introduced for the first time in Britain?
1930s
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What year: Pele was born, John Lennon was born and The first ever Bugs Bunny cartoon was made,
1940
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What year were all these people born: Michael Howard, Bob Dylan and Linda McCartney
1941
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What year did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour – bringing the USA into the Second World War?
1941
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Neil Kinnock, Martin Scorcese, Barbara Streisand and Stephen Hawking were all born in the same year. Which year?
1942
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What year was the first ever photo-finish technology used in British horse-racing. Get within ten years for the points.
1947
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What year: India became independent from Britain, OJ Simpson, Brian May born
1947
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What year did London last host the Olympic Games in the 20th century?
1948
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What year: the NHS was started, Mahatma Ghandi was assassinated and Noel Edmonds was born
1948
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What year were all of these people born: Prince Charles, Noel Edmonds and Ozzy Osbourne?
1948