Friday, May 8, 2020

Moments in history quiz: where in the world

You may be familiar with these iconic images, but where did the events take place? Where did this ship dock on 22 June 1948? Felixstowe Liverpool Southampton Tilbury Where was this short-lived celebration? Berlin Budapest Paris Prague Where did these three famously meet? Geneva Nuremberg Potsdam Yalta Prime Minister Harold Wilson, with pipe and sunburnt legs, is on holiday where? Anglesey Isles of Scilly Isle of Wight Isle of Skye This Pablo Picasso masterpiece depicts the carnage of the Spanish civil war in which region? Asturias Basque Country Galicia Catalonia One of the most famous fights in history took place where? Kinshasa Las Vegas Manila Mexico City This didn't end well. Where did it all start? Belgrade Sarajevo Versaille Vienna This is somewhere between Ibiza and the Norfolk Broads – but where exactly? Brixton Camden Hackney Soho It's a wrap! Where did this take place? Berlin Moscow Paris Stockholm Gazza's tears made him the most famous person in the UK for a while, but where was this match played? Milan Naples Rome Turin Where are these matchstick men and women? Birmingham Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Fidel could always draw a crowd - where was this one? Havana Moscow New York Rio de Janeiro Where did the Arab spring begin? Egypt Libya Lebanon Tunisia The barefoot runner, the nasty fall ... but in which Olympics did this controversial race take place? Moscow Barcelona Seoul Los Angeles Nelson Mandela was freed just over 30 years ago. Where was the jail he walked out of to greet cheering crowds? Paarl, near Cape Town Robben Island Sun City, south of Johannesburg Pretoria Central Which English town did Malcolm X visit just nine days before he was assassinated? Halifax Northampton Oldham Smethwick 13 and above. Past master! 9 and above. You're an old hand at this 0 and above. Best stick to Where's Wally! 5 and above. You're history! Continue reading...