On This Day - February 16th Quiz
Events and birthday quiz questions relating to February 16th?
February 14 Quiz Questions
- On this day in 1959, Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba - which dictator did he otherthrow?
- On February 16th 2006, the last MASH is decommissioned by the United States Army - what does MASH stand for?
- Which birthday girl also lit the Olympic Flame at the 2000 Summer Olympics?
- Pope Gregory the Great decrees which three word saying is the correct response to a sneeze?
- On this day in 1646, the Battle of Torrington was the last major battle of the first English Civil War - in which English county was it fought?
- Which Eastenders actress was born on this day in 1927?
- Which archaeologist unseals the burial chamber of Tutankhamun in 1923?
- The Popular Front wins the general election in which country on February 16th 1936??
- On this day in 1937, Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for what material?
- Which actor, whose roles include the Doctor in the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who, was born on February 16th, 1964?
- Which international agreement that aimed to reduce carbon dioxid came into effect on February 16th 2005?
- Which two Beatles flew to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1968?
- Tennis star John McEnroe was born, but in which country?
- Actor Ian Lavender was born today, he is best known for playing which character?
Answers:
- Fulgencio Batista
- Mobile army surgical hospital
- Cathy Freeman
- God bless You
- Devon
- June Brown
- Howard Carter
- Spain
- Nylon
- Christopher Eccleston
- The Kyoto Protocol
- George Harrison and John Lennon
- Germany
- Private Frank Pike (Dad's Army)