History by Letter: F

History by Letter: F

Questions

1. Which Austrian psychologist founded the practice of psycholanalysis?
2. What Jazz Age term was used to describe a subculture of American women who commonly wore short skirts and short, bobbed hair?
3. The Colosseum in Rome is also known as the ________ Amphitheatre, after the dynasty of Emperors credited with its construction?
4. What style of mural painting, onto wet plaster, was popular in Renaissance Italy? An example of the style is Michelangelo's ceiling in the Sistine Chapel.
5. Which group of organisations, symbolised by the Square and Compasses, operates on a system of local "lodges"?
6. Which English scientist, a former assistant to Humphrey Davy, is credited with the discovery of electromagnetism?
7. What governance system, including lords and vassals, was common throughout Europe during the Medieval period?
8. Which state in the southern US was ceded to them by the Spanish in 1819?
9. What tragedy by Goethe is about a man who makes a bargain with the Devil?
10. By what name (in English) is the Chinese Imperial Palace (1420-1912) commonly known?
11. What is the surname of the most famous individual involved in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605?
12. Which US Founding Father features on the modern $100 bill?
13. Which Scot is credited with the discovery of penicillin?
14. Which Jewish diarist hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic?
15. Which Spanish dictator, employing a form of the above leadership philosophy, led the country from 1939 until his death in 1975?
16. What "-ism" was pioneered by European dictators such as Benito Mussolini?
17. Which Archduke's assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 served as an acute trigger for the First World War?
18. Which Vice President took over as US President from Richard Nixon following his resignation in 1974?
19. Which Italian city was dominated by the Medici family during the Renaissance period?
20. What is the English-language name for the archipelago over whom Argentina and the UK fought a brief war in 1982?

1. Which Austrian psychologist founded the practice of psycholanalysis?

   Freud
2. What Jazz Age term was used to describe a subculture of American women who commonly wore short skirts and short, bobbed hair?

   Flappers
3. The Colosseum in Rome is also known as the ________ Amphitheatre, after the dynasty of Emperors credited with its construction?

   Flavian
4. What style of mural painting, onto wet plaster, was popular in Renaissance Italy? An example of the style is Michelangelo's ceiling in the Sistine Chapel.

   Fresco
5. Which group of organisations, symbolised by the Square and Compasses, operates on a system of local "lodges"?

   Freemasons
6. Which English scientist, a former assistant to Humphrey Davy, is credited with the discovery of electromagnetism?

   Michael Faraday
7. What governance system, including lords and vassals, was common throughout Europe during the Medieval period?

   Feudalism
8. Which state in the southern US was ceded to them by the Spanish in 1819?

   Florida
9. What tragedy by Goethe is about a man who makes a bargain with the Devil?

   Faust
10. By what name (in English) is the Chinese Imperial Palace (1420-1912) commonly known?

    Forbidden City
11. What is the surname of the most famous individual involved in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605?

    Fawkes
12. Which US Founding Father features on the modern $100 bill?

    Franklin
13. Which Scot is credited with the discovery of penicillin?

    Alexander Fleming
14. Which Jewish diarist hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic?

    Anne Frank
15. Which Spanish dictator, employing a form of the above leadership philosophy, led the country from 1939 until his death in 1975?

    Franco
16. What "-ism" was pioneered by European dictators such as Benito Mussolini?

    Fascism
17. Which Archduke's assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 served as an acute trigger for the First World War?

    Franz Ferdinand
18. Which Vice President took over as US President from Richard Nixon following his resignation in 1974?

    Ford
19. Which Italian city was dominated by the Medici family during the Renaissance period?

    Florence
20. What is the English-language name for the archipelago over whom Argentina and the UK fought a brief war in 1982?

    Falklands