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People's Quiz Questions Batch 10 - BBC

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In 1959, Archbishop Makarios was elected President of which Mediterranean island? Cyprus<br />

During which World war did the British Navy sink the battleship 'Bismarck'? World War Two<br />

Which state occasion involving Queen Elizabeth II took place in Westminster Abbey on June 2nd<br />

1953?<br />

Coronation<br />

In the First World War, Japan was an ally of which country - Germany or Great Britain? Great Britain<br />

During which war were the battles of 'Tobruk' and 'Midway' fought? World War Two<br />

Frenchman Pierre-Yves Gerbeau was formerly the Chief Executive of which London landmark<br />

building?<br />

Millennium Dome<br />

In World War Two the Allied participants in which battle were informally referred to as 'The Few'? Battle of Britain<br />

During World War II to which branch of the armed forces did the unit known as the 'Dam Busters'<br />

belong?<br />

Royal Air Force<br />

In aviation which Anglo-French aeroplane made its first commercial flight in 1976? Concorde<br />

In which country did Che Guevara help to bring about a revolution in 1959? Cuba<br />

Which dictator became leader of his country first - Hitler or Mussolini? Mussolini<br />

In which decade of the 20th Century did Alaska and Hawaii become the forty-Ninth and fiftieth<br />

united states?<br />

1950s<br />

What 'S' is the name of the World War One battle in which tanks were used for the first time? Somme<br />

Operation Sea-Lion was the name of the aborted Nazi plan to invade which country - Britain or<br />

the US?<br />

In World War Two to which of the three branches of the UK armed services did the so-called<br />

'Few' belong?<br />

bbc.co.uk/peoplesquiz<br />

Britain<br />

R.A.F.

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