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Today I'm pleased to bring you a quiz I have just written about events that took place in the month of August. 

As always the quiz is free to use and can be printed off for use in your events.

If you are playing alone the answers are given below:

I hope you enjoy.

 

Questions

 

1) In August 1825 Bolivia gained independence from which country?

 

2) In 1926 Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to do what? a) swim the English Channel b) cycle from Lands End to John O’Groats c) walk backwards from London to Bristol

 

3) Born in August 1881, Alexander Fleming went on to share a Nobel prize with Florey and Chain for discovering what?

 

4) Murderer William Kemmler was the first person to be what, in a prison in New York in 1890?

 

5) In what year did Jamaica become independent from the United Kingdom? a) 1954 b) 1958 c) 1962

 

6) In 1991, who released his files describing his idea for the World Wide Web and WWW became publicly available on the internet?

 

7) NASA’s Curiosity rover landed where in 2012?

 

8) Born in 1928, which artist painted Campbell’s Soup Cans one of his best known works?

 

9) A match played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College in 1858 was the first time which sport was played?

 

10) What was the name of Thor Heyerdhal’s balsa wood craft that smashed into a reef on the Tuamotu islands after a 4300ml journey from South America?

 

 

Answers

 

1) In August 1825 Bolivia gained independence from which country?

Spain

 

2) In 1926 Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to do what? a) swim the English Channel b) cycle from Lands End to John O’Groats c) walk backwards from London to Bristol

a) swim the English Channel

 

3) Born in August 1881, Alexander Fleming went on to share a Nobel prize with Florey and Chain for discovering what?

Penicillin - the world’s first broadly effective antibiotic

 

4) Murderer William Kemmler was the first person to be what, in a prison in New York in 1890?

Executed by electric chair

 

5) In what year did Jamaica become independent from the United Kingdom? a) 1954 b) 1958 c) 1962

c) 1962

 

6) In 1991, who released his files describing his idea for the World Wide Web and WWW became publicly available on the internet?

Tim Berners-Lee

 

7) NASA’s Curiosity rover landed where in 2012?

Mars

 

8) Born in 1928, which artist painted Campbell’s Soup Cans one of his best known works?

Andy Warhol

 

9) A match played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College in 1858 was the first time which sport was played?

Australian Rules football

 

10) What was the name of Thor Heyerdhal’s balsa wood craft that smashed into a reef on the Tuamotu islands after a 4300ml journey from South America?

Kon-Tiki