I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.

[dessa14]

Q.which general of the roman republic defeated hannibal in north africa
A.Cornelius Scipio Africanus
Q.What emperor first banned the gladitorial games and events associated with it
A. Caligula (most people get this wrong, and say claudius)
Q.What nations began ww1
A. serbia, austria, prussia, russia (france and england were brought into the war by prussia attacking france)

[TonyJ]

Q: The Marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine started the English craze for which wine?
A: Claret. Bordeaux wines were made in Aquitaine.

Q: The names of which historical Kings are the sizes of large wine bottles?
A: Jeroboam (4 bottles), Rehoboam (6), Methuselah (8), Salmanazar (12), Balthazar (16), Nebuchadnezzar (20), Melchior (24).

[The Stranger]

where did Alexander defeated the persian empire of Darius 2.
Guagamala

What was the nickname of the 3rd ridge at Guadalcanal given by the USMC
Bloody Ridge

How did Nero died
suicide

Who said: Dont Tuch My Rings
archimedes, damn i knew it was wrong but i couldnt find the good name.
thanx

[Craterus]

1. Name any three of Alexander the Great's closest friends.

Seleucus
Craterus
Hephaestion
Lysimachus
Leonnatus
Ptolemy
Perdiccas
Eumenes
Philotas

[Geoffrey S]

Who said: Dont Tuch My Rings
Aristotle

Archimedes.

[Craterus]

Haha, nice one EU.

When did Italy invade Abyssinia leading up to the Second World War?
October 1935

[swirly_the_toilet_fish]

Q) Who succeeded Oda Nobunaga and brought an end to the Sengoku period, unifying Japan?
A) Toyotomi Hideyoshi, or Hideoyoshi

[edyzmedieval]

where did Alexander defeated the persian empire of Darius 2.
Guagamala

Who said: Dont Tuch My Rings
Aristotle

It's Gaugamela not Guagamala( I'm surprised you didn't write Guatemala )

And indeed,
It's Archimedes.

[edyzmedieval]

Q)
A) Toyotomi Hideyoshi, or Hideoyoshi

Or, much better

Saru (monkey)

[Oaty]

Who surrendered the german troops at stalingrad in winter 1943 (42)

General Paulus

Q.Of those that surrendered at Stalingrad how many survived the POW camps until the end of the war.
A. 5-10 percent

Q Who invented the internet?
A Al Gore
I dare ya to use that 1

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

A. serbia, austria, prussia, russia (france and england were brought into the war by prussia attacking france)

Actually:

1: Serb assasinates Austrian Crown Prince
2: Austria declares war on Serbia
3: Russia comes to aid of Serb allies.
4: England comes to Russia's aid
5: Austria appeals to Germany for help, Germany accepts.

NOTE: It was NOT Prussia, it was the Hohenzollern Empire.

[Azi Tohak]

What was Byzantine Emperor Basil II nickname?
The Bulgarslayer (10 points if they say Bulgaroctonus)

Tamerlane is a contraction of Tamer with what other word?
Lame

Charlemage is a contraction of Charles and what other word?
Magnus (great)

Who ruled the Roman Empire at its greatest extent?
Trajan (why do I think this one is going to get some arguments?)

Name either the victor or vanquished from the battle of Manzikert in 1071.
Alp Arslan (won) Romanus IV Diogenes (lost...and far more than just a battle...)

Who founded Constantinople?
Constantine the Great

That is all I have for now...

Azi

[Ironside]

New York's original name.

New Amsterdam

Who won the battle of Jankov? (1645, one of the most important battles during the 30-years war)

The Swedes

Who is Apicius?

A very famous gormet that spended so much on food that when he found out that he only had a few millions sestertius left, he considered it too little to live on, so he comitted suecide.

What was the Greek name on the Roman goddess Vesta?

None, as it was one of the few gods indigenous to the Romans.

[The Stranger]

It's Gaugamela not Guagamala( I'm surprised you didn't write Guatemala )

And indeed,
It's Archimedes.

that 1st was a typing mistake, the other was wrong.
i know what guatemala is.

[The Stranger]

Actually:

1: Serb assasinates Austrian Crown Prince
2: Austria declares war on Serbia
3: Russia comes to aid of Serb allies.
4: England comes to Russia's aid
5: Austria appeals to Germany for help, Germany accepts.

NOTE: It was NOT Prussia, it was the Hohenzollern Empire.

austria and germany had a pact a long time before that germany would help austria in war, italy was in it too, but they backed out when the war started. to join the allies in 1915 (not sure about the date)

[The_Doctor]

Guys, please make them easier, this is for the local tennis club not Mensa.

[The Stranger]

oke, who was president before bush....
Clinton.

[The_Mark]

Guys, please make them easier, this is for the local tennis club not Mensa.

That's what you get when you ask about history here

[Moros]

okay, when was jesus born?
7-4 bc? but most say 1AD.

[Flavius Clemens]

These are from a St George's Day quiz I ran at work a couple of years ago - so all the questions had some (loose) connection with England - a mix of difficulty levels, and era:

What is the modern name of the city where Constantine was proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops,
York

Which politician wrote the "History of the English Speaking People."
Winston Churchill.

King James I of England was what number King of Scotland.
VI.

Which North East saint wrote "The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation" completed in 731.
Venerable Bede.

What year was the Spanish Armada defeated by the English fleet?
1588

Who gave the signal "England expects that every man will do his duty"
Nelson

What started on September 1st 1666 in Pudding Lane?
Great Fire of London

In 1991, who became the first English person in Space
Helen Sharman

Six "martyrs" from where were sentenced to transportation to Australia for trying to start "The Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers".
Tolpuddle

[ah_dut]

who killed Franz Ferdinand?
Gavrilo Princip

What was he doing when he saw Franz Ferdinand?
Buying something to eat (more specifically a sandwich.)

Who founded the tetrachy?
Diocteclan

who set up the themata system for the Byzantines?
Heraklios