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Answers Trafalgar, General Belgrano, Tutankhamun, Chartists, Ireland, Hindenberg, Nuremberg Trials, Spencer Perceval, Prince Alobert,k 1936-39, Hastings Banda, steam engines (the Rocket), Molly Maguires, Boers and Zulus, Archduke Ferdinand's at Sarajevo, Tolpuddle Martyrs, spies being a fighting front, spain, raft in the middle of a river, Singapore, Liveria or Ethiopia, Int Monetary Fund, potato famiine in Ireland 1847, Mau Mau, New Deal, Gneva Convention, consumption/sale of alcoholic drinks, Mountbatten, Castro, Corsica Elba St Helens, Hiroshima/Nagasaki, Montreal, Cyprus, Austrian, Plassey, Stanley/Livingstone met, First Lord of the Admiralty, Luddites, those taking part in the gold rush inn California, Abyssinia, Wellington, Titanic sank, Combination Acts, Albania, Cat/Mouse Act, lanslide disaster killed 144 children, Treaty of Versailles

Hi Aileen, 21. Liberia. 22. International Monetary Fund. 23. A group of Irish/American Rockers. 25. The New Deal. 27. The manufacture & sale of alcohol. 35. Plassey, 23 June 1757. Regards, Keith

You are a genius Keith Only 21,22,23,25,27,29 left to answer. Must go to bed soon. The keyboard is red hot with all the typing I've been doing tonight. Will give all the answers to this and the other quizzes tomorrow. Aileen xx

Hi Aileen, 11. Dr. Banda. 14. Voortrekkers & the AmaZulu Warriors. 17. A group of secret sympathisers or supporters of an enemy that engage in espionage & sabotage within defense lines or borders. Originally coined by Emilio Mola Vidal, Nationalist General during the Spanish Civil War. 18. Spain. 19. On a specially constructed raft anchored in the exact mid stream of the River Niemen in East Prussia.

Ha ha ..that would mean a whole different thing up here Dorothy eh? Christine

LOL Dorothy, couldn't think of another word for it! We still call it a Bing! Christine

Outstanding are 11,14,17,18,19,21,22,23,25,27,29,35

30. Elba, Corsica, St Helena (not sure what order!!)

32. Montreal 47. Armistice

Impressive. Questions remaining: 11,14,17,18,19,21,22,23,24,25,27,29,30,32,33,35,36,37,40,47

17 enemy agents sent into a country as sleepers...... 24. mau -mau 47.. The Armistice

7 The Nuremberg Trials? 15 Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and I think in Yugoslavia?

1.Waterloo 2. General Belgrano 3. The Tomb of Tutenkamun 6. Hindeburg 7. Nuremberg 9. Prince Albert 12. Steam trains – Rocket won 15. Franz Ferdinand Sarejevo 20. Singapore 26. Geneva Convention 34. Austrian 38. Luddites 39. Gold prospectors in California 41. The Duke of Wellington 44. Albania 46. Slag heap from the coal mine engulfed the village school

. Trafalgar 2. Belgrano 3. Tomb of Tutenkamen 4. Chartists 5. Ireland. 1915 6. R101 8. Perceval 9. Prince Albert 10 12. Railway engines. Rocket 13. Molly Maguires 14. 15. Archduke Ferdinard Sarajevo 16. Tolpuddle Martyrs 22. League of Nations 28. Lord Mountbatten 1949 30. St Helena Sicilly, Elba 34. Austrian 35. 38. Luddites 39.Miners in goldrush of 1849 40. 41. Duke of Wellington 42. Titanic sank 43. Test and combination acts 45. Cat and Mouse Act 46. A slag heap collapsed onto a school

9. Prince Albert 10. 1936-39 15. Austrian Arch Duke Ferdinand in Sarajevo 25. Prohibition 26. Geneva Convention 31. Hiroshima and Nagasaki 34. Austrian

I'M TOOO YOUNG! :-)

1 Battle of Trafalgar 2 General Belgrano 3 Tuttenkahmun's Tomb?(sp) 5 Ireland in 1916 9 Prince Albert 42 Titanic sank? 44 i think it was Albania? 46 The coal bing slipped onto the village , especially the school; where many children were killed!

A fine queen you are going to be. Well as you will no doubt be living in Buck House lets see if you know your way round London.! Coming up shortly. Your 'umble servant. Aileen

I don't know any of the answers :-( BOO HOO becx

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