From which prison did brothers Clarence and John Anglin, along with Frank Morris, make a daring escape bid in June 1962?
  • Alcatraz
  • Dartmoor
  • Devil’s Island
  • Robben Island
I was born in Asia Minor in around AD 250 and gave birth to the future emperor Constantine the Great. I am a saint across most Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant creeds because of my piety, the Christian influence I had on my son, and the pilgrimage I made to the Holy Land in later life. On that pilgrimage, I discovered the true cross and other relics of Christ’s passion. Who am I?
  • St Helena
  • St Anna of Constantinople
  • St Theodosia
  • St Theodora
Following the defeat of the king of Pontus, Mithridates VI, by Rome in 63 BC, one of the trophies carried away by Pompey was the recipe for a substance known as Mithridatum (also known as Mithridate and various other spellings). What property was it thought to have?
  • It was an antidote to any poison
  • It was a powerful painkiller
  • It reversed ageing
  • It allowed you to see the future
Under which peace treaty was Gibraltar ceded to Britain by Spain?
  • Utrecht, 1713
  • Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748
  • Paris, 1783
  • The Final Act of Vienna, 1815
Samuel Morse sends his first long distance electrical telegram (reading “What hath God wrought”) from Washington DC to Baltimore; the Young Men’s Christian Association is founded in London; the future emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia is born; James Polk wins the US presidential election. What year is it?
  • 1844
  • 1834
  • 1824
  • 1854
What was the name of Edward V’s brother, the younger of the ‘princes in the Tower’?
  • Richard
  • Thomas
  • George
  • Edmund
The 1685 Monmouth Rebellion against James II and VII was co-ordinated with a less well-known rising in Scotland, in a move intended to split the royal forces. Who was its leader?
  • Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland
  • Archibald Campbell, Earl of Argyll
  • George Melville, Earl of Melville
  • John Murray, Marquess of Atholl
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