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英国横断風クイズ

20世紀を振り返る択一クイズの解答

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尚、ここの問題は、英クイズ番組"100%"の1999年の年末特番を大いに参考にさせていただきました。ここに深謝しますとともに、関係者の方はもし文句があれば申し出て下さい。日本語で。
まあそういう訳なんで、解説は有りません。それにしても、選択肢Ｃはけっこう息切れ気味です。

1901 Which much-loved monarch of Great Britain and the Empire died in that year?
A Edward VII B Victoria C George V

1902 Which imperial war officially ended on 31st May?
A The Boer War B The Tedious War C The Dull War

1903 What were the fast names of the pioneer aviators the Wright brothers?
A Wilbur and Orville B Stan and Ollie C Liam and Noel

1904 Pavlov won a Nobel Prize for studying the digestion habits of which creatures?
A Horses B Dogs C Chelsea fans

1905 Actors in the New York premiere of “The Wizard of Oz” were arrested for offending public morals.
A True B False

1906 Which noise pollutant was banned from the streets of London?
A Cockney street traders B Promenade concerts C Buses

1907 Which state became the 46th of the United States?
A North Dakota B Oklahoma C New Mexico

1908 For what major event was White City Stadium built?
A The first FA Cup B The Olympic Games C The London Whippet Derby

1909 Which architect designed the Glasgow School of Arts revolutionary building?
A Edwin Lutyens B Charles Rennie Mackintosh C George Gilbert Scott

1910 Henry Royce became the first British aircrash fatality at Bounemouth.
A True B False

1911 What property of metals at low temperatures was discovered by Heike Onnes?
A Superconductivity B Phosphorescence C Your hands stick to them

1912 Elmer Sperry invented which device to make the lives of early flyers easier?
A Parachute B Air hostess C Automatic pilot

1913 Which dancer and choreographer married Countess Romola?
A Shergar B Arkle C Nijinsky

1914 Which protesting group vandalised the painting ‘The Rokeby Venus’?
A Pacifists B Suffragettes C Rail User Association

1915 St Paul’s Cathedral was sold to the nation for ￡6,600.
A True B False

1916 The Pacific Aero Products Company was founded by which engineer?
A Douglas B Lockheed C Boeing

1917 Lenin returned to Russia from exile in which city?
A Antwerp B Marseilles C Zurich

1918 In which month did the Australian cavalry take the town of Jericho?
A January B February C November

1919 Which Inn of Court admitted the first woman bar student?
A Gray’s Inn B Lincoln’s Inn C Middle Temple

1920 Douglas Fairbanks married fellow screen star Lillian Gish.
A True B False

1921 What was offered to the Irish by the British government?
A A Free State B Surrender or death C A round of drinks

1922 Clergyman’s son DeWitt Wallace published which magazine for the first time?
A The Reader’s Digest B Popular Mechanics C The Hollywood Enquirer

1923 Who defeated West Ham in the first FA Cup Final held at Wembley?
A Blackburn Rovers B Bolton Wanderers C Blackpool Hooligans

1924 Who won the US presidential election?
A Herbert Hoover B Calvin Coolidge C Warren Harding

1925 At the annual Boat Race, Oxford sank first Cambridge then themselves.
A True B False

1926 Which chain of general stores was started in the US in March?
A Safeway B Tesco C Arkwright

1927 About which animal did Henry Williamson write?
A Babar the Elephant B Tarka the Otter C Rupert the Bear

1928 Which musical had its London premiere at the Drury Lane Theatre?
A Carousel B The Pajama Game C Show Boat

1929 In which Balkan country did King Alexander establish a military dictatorship?
A Bulgaria B Romania C Yugoslavia

1930 The Channel Tunnel Committee approved the idea of tunnel to link England and France.
A True B False

1931 Which famous art deco building was opened on New York’s Fifth Avenue?
A Flatiron Building B Empire State Building C Kong’s Gymnasium

1932 For what were five men arrested on the moors of Kinder Scout in the Peak District?
A Sheep shearing B Rambling C Streaking

1933 Whose bodyline tactics caused trouble between England and Australia?
A Aussie lifeguards B English cricketers C Edward, Prince of Wales

1934 Who was the Austrian Chancellor killed by the Nazis during a failed coup?
A Engelbert Dollfuss B Sacha Broomfest C Charles Krankl

1935 The chocolate bar Kit Kat was launched in this year.
A True B False

1936 Crown Prince Farouk was proclaimed king of which country?
A Egypt B Jordan C Syria

1937 Whose coronation was the first to be televised?
A George V B Edward VIII C George VI

1938 European leaders conferred at Munich over Hitler’s territorial demands on where?
A Poland B Czechoslovakia C Upper Canada

1939 The Heinkel 178 was the first what to fly?
A Jet aircraft B Practical helicopter C Charter airline

1940 Neither the Houses of Parliament nor Buckingham Palace were hit during the Blitz.
A True B False

1941 Who won a Best Actor Oscar for the World War I film ‘Sergeant York’?
A Spencer Tracy B Burt Lancaster C Gary Cooper

1942 Which battle saw the decisive defeat of Japan’s aircraft carrier fleet?
A El Alamein B Pearl Habor C Midway

1943 What did Joe Sheridan invent to make arrival at Shannon Airport more welcoming?
A Irish coffee B Murphy’s stout C Baileys Irish Cream

1944 What was the codename for the D-Day landings in Normandy?
A Overcoat B Overlord C Overhere

1945 Over 10 million servicemen from all nations died in World War II.
A True B False

1946 What did Winston Churchill say had divided Europe?
A A language problem B An iron curtain C Spain winning Eurovision

1947 Which Princess was married in November?
A Elizabeth B Margaret C Grace

1948 Colonel Hallaren became the first what of the United States Army?
A Female officer B Female pilot C Formerly male female

1949 In which film did Joseph Cottern arrive in Vienna in search of Harry Lime?
A The Third Man B The Gully C The Silly Mid Off

1950 The newly discovered Tollund Man was hailed as Europe’s Frank Sinatra.
A True B False

1951 Which African country became the first independent state created by the United Nations?
A Morocco B Egypt C Libya

1952 What wreaked havoc in the Devon village of Lynmouth?
A Mods B Property developers C Floods

1953 What was the nickname of Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta?
A Burning Spear B Great Defender C Fearless Hunter

1954 Who wrote ‘Italian Food’, helping to change British attitudes to food?
A Jane Grigson B Elizabeth David C Fanny Craddock

1955 Eamonn Andrews presented the first edition of ‘Crackerjack’.
A True B False

1956 What did Khrushchev reportedly say after arguing with Labour politician George Brown?
A I’d vote Tory. B Siberia’s too good for him. C Call that Socialism?

1957 Which strain of flu swept Britain during that year?
A Spanish B Asian C Hong Kong

1958 Which French Republic began under a new president, Charles de Gaulle?
A Third B Fourth C Fifth

1959 Who burned up the charts with ‘Smoke Gets In Your Eyes’?
A The Platters B The Four Tops C The Marlboro Men

1960 Princess Margaret married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones at St Paul’s Cathedral.
A True B False

1961 The military fiasco of the Bay of Pigs was an attempted attack on where?
A Benidorm B North Vietnam C Cuba

1962 What film was Marilyn Monroe making in the months before she died?
A The Seven Year Itch B The Misfits C Something’s Got To Give

1963 What drink did 15-year-old Prince Charles buy in a hotel bar?
A Cherry brandy B Harvey Wallbabger C Moscow Mule

1964 For conspiracy to do what was Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment?
A Repeal the Pass Laws B Overthrow the state C Run for Mayor of London

1965 It was reported that The Beatles smoked cannabis in Buckingham Palace whilst waiting to collect their MBEs.
A True B False

1966 Who had a number one hit with ‘The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anywhere’?
A Every Brothers B Walker Brothers C Golden Wonder Brothers

1967 Which oil tanker ran aground off the Cornish coast?
A Amoco Cadiz B Torrey Canyon C Exxon Valdez

1968 In which Las Angels hotel was Robert Kennedy fatally shot?
A Montgomery B Ritz C Ambassador

1969 What was astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s real first name?
A Edwin B Alain C Second-Again

1970 Alexander Solzenitsyn won the Nobel Peace Prize.
A True B False

1971 What rock anthem was released by Led Zeppelin on their fourth album?
A Paranoid B Rocking All Over the World C Stair way to Heaven

1972 Nixon was the first US president to shake hands with who?
A A Soviet premier B Chairman Mao C A whitewash salesman

1973 Which air show witnessed the crash of the Soviet Tupolev supersonic airline?
A Paris B Farnborough C Barnsley

1974 Who did Muhammad Ali defeat in the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’?
A Joe Fazier B George Foreman C Shere Khan

1975 The people of Papua New Guinea finally gained independence from Portugal.
A True B False

1976 Which British McLaren driver won a Formula 1 world championship?
A John Waston B Nigel Mansell C James Hunt

1977 How old was Elvis Presley when he died?
A 40 B 42 C 44

1978 Which advertising agency was behind the ‘Labour isn’t working’ poster campaign in the winter of discontent?
A Abbot Mead Vickers B Lies R’Us C Saatchi and Saatchi

1979 In the song, what did Ian Dury and the Blackheads want to be ‘Hit with’?
A Your Rhythm Stick B Your Baseball Bat C Your Law Suit

1980 War broke out in the Persian Gulf with Iran’s invasion of Iraq.
A True B False

1981 Who replaced Norman St John-Stevas as Leader of the Commons?
A Leon Brittan B Michael Hesltine C Fancis Pym

1982 Which risque cartoon strip was brought to life in a BBC TV series?
A Fritz the Cat B Jane C George and Lynne

1983 Which historian backed the authenticity of the bagus Hitler diaries?
A Alan Clark B Lord Dacre C Norman Davies

1984 Which product massively changed the personal computing industry?
A The Macintosh B The Anorak C The Cagoule

1985 Garry Kasparov was 19 when he won the world chess championship.
A True B False

1986 Which organisation enjoyed a Big Bang as deregulation reforms were implemented?
A Central Criminal Court B Stock Exchange C House of Lords

1987 What name was given to the post-deregulation stock market collapse?
A Black Monday B Black Wednesday C Black Eye

1988 What finally opened all day in Britain?
A Banks B Public houses C Slough

1989 What book earner Salman Rushdie a fatwa rather than the usual positive reviews?
A The Moorish Scriptures B Ayatollah You So C The Satanic Verses

1990 British and French tunnellers met under the English Channel this year.
A True B False

1991 Who was the first British woman in space?
A Natalie Portman B Helen Sharman C Cerys Matthews

1992 Who admitted that the year had been an ‘annus horribilis’?
A Margaret Thatcher B Queen Elizabeth II C George Bush

1993 Who led the Branch Dravidian cult to a shootout with the authorities at Waco, Texas?
A James Jones B Edward Bundy C David Koresh

1994 Whose pet named Pooh caused a tabloid sensation by going missing?
A John Major B Prince Charles C The Duchess of York

1995 An airbone doctor used Austrian wine to sterilise instruments for emergency surgery on a fellow traveller.
A True B False

1996 Who admitted to taking lifts during an around-the-world walk?
A Ffyond Campbell B Claire Ferguson C Ian Botham

1997 Tony Blair became Britain’s youngest prime minister since when?
A 1782 B 1812 C I was a lad.

1998 Which newspaper bought the ‘Tamworth Two’?
A The Mirror B The Daily Express C The Daily Mail

1999 Which veteran singer released the album Twenty Four Seven?
A Tina Turner B Cher C Annie Lennox

2000 The film company 20th Century Fox changed its name to 21st Century Fox on 1st January 2000.
A True B False

＞クイズ＞英国横断風クイズ

1901	Which much-loved monarch of Great Britain and the Empire died in that year?
	A Edward VII	B Victoria	C George V
1902	Which imperial war officially ended on 31st May?
	A The Boer War	B The Tedious War	C The Dull War
1903	What were the fast names of the pioneer aviators the Wright brothers?
	A Wilbur and Orville	B Stan and Ollie	C Liam and Noel
1904	Pavlov won a Nobel Prize for studying the digestion habits of which creatures?
	A Horses	B Dogs	C Chelsea fans
1905	Actors in the New York premiere of “The Wizard of Oz” were arrested for offending public morals.
	A True	B False
1906	Which noise pollutant was banned from the streets of London?
	A Cockney street traders	B Promenade concerts	C Buses
1907	Which state became the 46th of the United States?
	A North Dakota	B Oklahoma	C New Mexico
1908	For what major event was White City Stadium built?
	A The first FA Cup	B The Olympic Games	C The London Whippet Derby
1909	Which architect designed the Glasgow School of Arts revolutionary building?
	A Edwin Lutyens	B Charles Rennie Mackintosh	C George Gilbert Scott
1910	Henry Royce became the first British aircrash fatality at Bounemouth.
	A True	B False
1911	What property of metals at low temperatures was discovered by Heike Onnes?
	A Superconductivity	B Phosphorescence	C Your hands stick to them
1912	Elmer Sperry invented which device to make the lives of early flyers easier?
	A Parachute	B Air hostess	C Automatic pilot
1913	Which dancer and choreographer married Countess Romola?
	A Shergar	B Arkle	C Nijinsky
1914	Which protesting group vandalised the painting ‘The Rokeby Venus’?
	A Pacifists	B Suffragettes	C Rail User Association
1915	St Paul’s Cathedral was sold to the nation for ￡6,600.
	A True	B False
1916	The Pacific Aero Products Company was founded by which engineer?
	A Douglas	B Lockheed	C Boeing
1917	Lenin returned to Russia from exile in which city?
	A Antwerp	B Marseilles	C Zurich
1918	In which month did the Australian cavalry take the town of Jericho?
	A January	B February	C November
1919	Which Inn of Court admitted the first woman bar student?
	A Gray’s Inn	B Lincoln’s Inn	C Middle Temple
1920	Douglas Fairbanks married fellow screen star Lillian Gish.
	A True	B False
1921	What was offered to the Irish by the British government?
	A A Free State	B Surrender or death	C A round of drinks
1922	Clergyman’s son DeWitt Wallace published which magazine for the first time?
	A The Reader’s Digest	B Popular Mechanics	C The Hollywood Enquirer
1923	Who defeated West Ham in the first FA Cup Final held at Wembley?
	A Blackburn Rovers	B Bolton Wanderers	C Blackpool Hooligans
1924	Who won the US presidential election?
	A Herbert Hoover	B Calvin Coolidge	C Warren Harding
1925	At the annual Boat Race, Oxford sank first Cambridge then themselves.
	A True	B False
1926	Which chain of general stores was started in the US in March?
	A Safeway	B Tesco	C Arkwright
1927	About which animal did Henry Williamson write?
	A Babar the Elephant	B Tarka the Otter	C Rupert the Bear
1928	Which musical had its London premiere at the Drury Lane Theatre?
	A Carousel	B The Pajama Game	C Show Boat
1929	In which Balkan country did King Alexander establish a military dictatorship?
	A Bulgaria	B Romania	C Yugoslavia
1930	The Channel Tunnel Committee approved the idea of tunnel to link England and France.
	A True	B False
1931	Which famous art deco building was opened on New York’s Fifth Avenue?
	A Flatiron Building	B Empire State Building	C Kong’s Gymnasium
1932	For what were five men arrested on the moors of Kinder Scout in the Peak District?
	A Sheep shearing	B Rambling	C Streaking
1933	Whose bodyline tactics caused trouble between England and Australia?
	A Aussie lifeguards	B English cricketers	C Edward, Prince of Wales
1934	Who was the Austrian Chancellor killed by the Nazis during a failed coup?
	A Engelbert Dollfuss	B Sacha Broomfest	C Charles Krankl
1935	The chocolate bar Kit Kat was launched in this year.
	A True	B False
1936	Crown Prince Farouk was proclaimed king of which country?
	A Egypt	B Jordan	C Syria
1937	Whose coronation was the first to be televised?
	A George V	B Edward VIII	C George VI
1938	European leaders conferred at Munich over Hitler’s territorial demands on where?
	A Poland	B Czechoslovakia	C Upper Canada
1939	The Heinkel 178 was the first what to fly?
	A Jet aircraft	B Practical helicopter	C Charter airline
1940	Neither the Houses of Parliament nor Buckingham Palace were hit during the Blitz.
	A True	B False
1941	Who won a Best Actor Oscar for the World War I film ‘Sergeant York’?
	A Spencer Tracy	B Burt Lancaster	C Gary Cooper
1942	Which battle saw the decisive defeat of Japan’s aircraft carrier fleet?
	A El Alamein	B Pearl Habor	C Midway
1943	What did Joe Sheridan invent to make arrival at Shannon Airport more welcoming?
	A Irish coffee	B Murphy’s stout	C Baileys Irish Cream
1944	What was the codename for the D-Day landings in Normandy?
	A Overcoat	B Overlord	C Overhere
1945	Over 10 million servicemen from all nations died in World War II.
	A True	B False
1946	What did Winston Churchill say had divided Europe?
	A A language problem	B An iron curtain	C Spain winning Eurovision
1947	Which Princess was married in November?
	A Elizabeth	B Margaret	C Grace
1948	Colonel Hallaren became the first what of the United States Army?
	A Female officer	B Female pilot	C Formerly male female
1949	In which film did Joseph Cottern arrive in Vienna in search of Harry Lime?
	A The Third Man	B The Gully	C The Silly Mid Off
1950	The newly discovered Tollund Man was hailed as Europe’s Frank Sinatra.
	A True	B False
1951	Which African country became the first independent state created by the United Nations?
	A Morocco	B Egypt	C Libya
1952	What wreaked havoc in the Devon village of Lynmouth?
	A Mods	B Property developers	C Floods
1953	What was the nickname of Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta?
	A Burning Spear	B Great Defender	C Fearless Hunter
1954	Who wrote ‘Italian Food’, helping to change British attitudes to food?
	A Jane Grigson	B Elizabeth David	C Fanny Craddock
1955	Eamonn Andrews presented the first edition of ‘Crackerjack’.
	A True	B False
1956	What did Khrushchev reportedly say after arguing with Labour politician George Brown?
	A I’d vote Tory.	B Siberia’s too good for him.	C Call that Socialism?
1957	Which strain of flu swept Britain during that year?
	A Spanish	B Asian	C Hong Kong
1958	Which French Republic began under a new president, Charles de Gaulle?
	A Third	B Fourth	C Fifth
1959	Who burned up the charts with ‘Smoke Gets In Your Eyes’?
	A The Platters	B The Four Tops	C The Marlboro Men
1960	Princess Margaret married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones at St Paul’s Cathedral.
	A True	B False
1961	The military fiasco of the Bay of Pigs was an attempted attack on where?
	A Benidorm	B North Vietnam	C Cuba
1962	What film was Marilyn Monroe making in the months before she died?
	A The Seven Year Itch	B The Misfits	C Something’s Got To Give
1963	What drink did 15-year-old Prince Charles buy in a hotel bar?
	A Cherry brandy	B Harvey Wallbabger	C Moscow Mule
1964	For conspiracy to do what was Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment?
	A Repeal the Pass Laws	B Overthrow the state	C Run for Mayor of London
1965	It was reported that The Beatles smoked cannabis in Buckingham Palace whilst waiting to collect their MBEs.
	A True	B False
1966	Who had a number one hit with ‘The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anywhere’?
	A Every Brothers	B Walker Brothers	C Golden Wonder Brothers
1967	Which oil tanker ran aground off the Cornish coast?
	A Amoco Cadiz	B Torrey Canyon	C Exxon Valdez
1968	In which Las Angels hotel was Robert Kennedy fatally shot?
	A Montgomery	B Ritz	C Ambassador
1969	What was astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s real first name?
	A Edwin	B Alain	C Second-Again
1970	Alexander Solzenitsyn won the Nobel Peace Prize.
	A True	B False
1971	What rock anthem was released by Led Zeppelin on their fourth album?
	A Paranoid	B Rocking All Over the World	C Stair way to Heaven
1972	Nixon was the first US president to shake hands with who?
	A A Soviet premier	B Chairman Mao	C A whitewash salesman
1973	Which air show witnessed the crash of the Soviet Tupolev supersonic airline?
	A Paris	B Farnborough	C Barnsley
1974	Who did Muhammad Ali defeat in the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’?
	A Joe Fazier	B George Foreman	C Shere Khan
1975	The people of Papua New Guinea finally gained independence from Portugal.
	A True	B False
1976	Which British McLaren driver won a Formula 1 world championship?
	A John Waston	B Nigel Mansell	C James Hunt
1977	How old was Elvis Presley when he died?
	A 40	B 42	C 44
1978	Which advertising agency was behind the ‘Labour isn’t working’ poster campaign in the winter of discontent?
	A Abbot Mead Vickers	B Lies R’Us	C Saatchi and Saatchi
1979	In the song, what did Ian Dury and the Blackheads want to be ‘Hit with’?
	A Your Rhythm Stick	B Your Baseball Bat	C Your Law Suit
1980	War broke out in the Persian Gulf with Iran’s invasion of Iraq.
	A True	B False
1981	Who replaced Norman St John-Stevas as Leader of the Commons?
	A Leon Brittan	B Michael Hesltine	C Fancis Pym
1982	Which risque cartoon strip was brought to life in a BBC TV series?
	A Fritz the Cat	B Jane	C George and Lynne
1983	Which historian backed the authenticity of the bagus Hitler diaries?
	A Alan Clark	B Lord Dacre	C Norman Davies
1984	Which product massively changed the personal computing industry?
	A The Macintosh	B The Anorak	C The Cagoule
1985	Garry Kasparov was 19 when he won the world chess championship.
	A True	B False
1986	Which organisation enjoyed a Big Bang as deregulation reforms were implemented?
	A Central Criminal Court	B Stock Exchange	C House of Lords
1987	What name was given to the post-deregulation stock market collapse?
	A Black Monday	B Black Wednesday	C Black Eye
1988	What finally opened all day in Britain?
	A Banks	B Public houses	C Slough
1989	What book earner Salman Rushdie a fatwa rather than the usual positive reviews?
	A The Moorish Scriptures	B Ayatollah You So	C The Satanic Verses
1990	British and French tunnellers met under the English Channel this year.
	A True	B False
1991	Who was the first British woman in space?
	A Natalie Portman	B Helen Sharman	C Cerys Matthews
1992	Who admitted that the year had been an ‘annus horribilis’?
	A Margaret Thatcher	B Queen Elizabeth II	C George Bush
1993	Who led the Branch Dravidian cult to a shootout with the authorities at Waco, Texas?
	A James Jones	B Edward Bundy	C David Koresh
1994	Whose pet named Pooh caused a tabloid sensation by going missing?
	A John Major	B Prince Charles	C The Duchess of York
1995	An airbone doctor used Austrian wine to sterilise instruments for emergency surgery on a fellow traveller.
	A True	B False
1996	Who admitted to taking lifts during an around-the-world walk?
	A Ffyond Campbell	B Claire Ferguson	C Ian Botham
1997	Tony Blair became Britain’s youngest prime minister since when?
	A 1782	B 1812	C I was a lad.
1998	Which newspaper bought the ‘Tamworth Two’?
	A The Mirror	B The Daily Express	C The Daily Mail
1999	Which veteran singer released the album Twenty Four Seven?
	A Tina Turner	B Cher	C Annie Lennox
2000	The film company 20th Century Fox changed its name to 21st Century Fox on 1st January 2000.
	A True	B False