"Revolution"ary Trivia Quiz

Answer: James II

William the Orange landed at Torbay in England with an army, and soon afterwards many of James II's troops, including some senior officers, defected to William. Thereupon James II panicked and tried unsucessfully to flee to France, dropping the Great Seal of England in the Thames.

The throne was declared vacant and William of Orange and his wife Mary became the new joint monarchs England and later also of Scotland and Ireland. The term "Glorious Revolution" was coined in 1689 by John Hampden, and the British parliament still uses that term today.

It was also inaccurately described as the "Bloodless Revolution". The revolution also led to the creation of the English Bill of Rights.

Answer: July 14th, 1789

The medieval Bastille fortress and prison and Paris was stormed on July 14th 1789, and the day is now a national holiday in France. The protesters were looking for prisoners and gunpowder taken by King Louis XVI. It signaled the start of the revolution, one that would last for the next 10 years. In the end, the French monarchy collapsed, one that had ruled the country for centuries.

Answer: Treaty of Paris

This treaty of Paris, signed in 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War, one that had lasted for the previous eight years, and seen battles staged as far away as the Indian Ocean as part of the events. 21 other documents entitled the "Treaty of Paris" were signed before the year 2000, plus others with close titles. Both the Treaty of Lisbon and the Treaty of Amsterdam deal with rights of the European Union.

The Treaty of Quebec has never been written.

Answer: United States

The Mexican Revolution was an uprising led by Francisco L. Madero against longtime Mexican dictator/autocrat Porifirio Diaz. The uprising slowly turned into a civil war. US presidents Woodrow Wilson and William Howard Taft had little choice but to interfere with the revolution, considering that at the time, Americans held around 27% of Mexican land. For economic and political reasons, the US government supported whoever was in power, though did not support some of the acts those leaders committed.

Answer: Paris, France

From the years 1200 to 1900, 20 different Treaty of Paris' signed, including two in the year 1783. While Paris has seen their share of fighting, the Irish never fough there. The United Irish Uprising happened in 1800 in St. John's, Newfoundland. The Castle Hill Rebellion happened four years later, and was led by a group of Irish convicts who killed reportedly 120 people in paddocks, west of Sydney.

The Irish National Invincibles were an Irish group of assassins in the early 1880's who intended to kill then chief-secretary "Buck shot" Forester and his staff and assistants. James Carey, the leader of the Invincibles was shot on the ship "Melrose Castle" in 1883 as retaliation.

Answer: True

The most famous of the bunch, the February Revolution, happened in Russia in 1917. The revolution ousted Tsar Nicholas II and ended the Romanov dynasty, as well as the Russian Empire. The October Revolution, again in 1917 Russia, began Bolshevik rule in the country.

Answer: November 1918

In November 1918 the German monarchies were overthrown. From 24 October 1918 on sailors in Kiel and Wilhelmshaven mutinied, and on 9 Novebmer 1918 a republic was proclaimed in Berlin. Two days later Germany accepted the devastating terms of the armistice.

However, the notion that Germany wa stabbed in the back by leftists finds no support among historians. The German government has demanded too much of its people.

Answer: Tagalog War

This revolution lasted from 1896 to 1898. The Katipunan was a group that supported secession via an armed fight, which they attempted in 1896. Fellow provinces supported the movement, and the battle began. When most of the Spanish territory was captured in 1898, the "First Philippine Republic" was formed, and the 1898 Treaty of Paris gave the Philippines to the United States, who had just been to war simultaneously with the Spanish.

In 1899, when Manila, the only part of the Philippines not captured by the Katipunan and their allies, was attacked by them, relations between the two sides deteriorated, and the Philippine-American War ensued.

Answer: Singing Revolution

The "Singing Revolution" was a battle to overthrow the Communist governments in place, and restore the independence of the three nations. The term of a singing revolution, was coined by Estonian columnist Heinz Valk, after a night of protest singing in Talinn.

Answer: Egypt

Hosni Mubarek, stepped down February 11, 2011, after announcing he was not leaving office until September, when the next set of elections were scheduled. The Egyptian revolution was informally called the "Twitter revolution" because many protests were planned via the popular social media site, before the Egyptian government shut down the internet for the country.