The History Room quiz: April 2019
The History Room quiz: April 2019

The History Room quiz: April 2019
Which treaty organisation was set up as a counterpart to NATO?
Which US president described the Soviet Union as 'The Evil Empire'?
The 'Tonton Macoute' were the dreaded paramilitary police in which country?
Who succeeded Nikita Khrushchev as Leader of the USSR?
When did Canada introduce conscription in the Great War?
In which of these wars did Canadian forces NOT participate?
In which year was the Berlin Wall built?
What was St Petersburg called during communist rule?
What did ‘KGB’ stand for in the context of the USSR?
Which British ocean liner was sunk by a German U-Boat in May, 1915?
What does the word ‘Inuit’ mean?
Which man was the first president of the German Republic in 1919?
Haile Selassie I was emperor of which country between 1930 and 1974?
Who was the first female prime minister of Israel between 1969 and 1974?
In which battle did the Russian Black Sea fleet defeat a Turkish squadron?
Who was prime minister of Australia at the outbreak of the Great War?
Who founded the Mongol Empire in 1206?
Who is the handsome mutt on the right?
Who is this in the picture?
In Germany, who was known as ‘The Iron Chancellor’?