What Happened in the World in the Month of April? Quiz

Answer: Florida

Juan Ponce de Leon (1474-1521) was an explorer and conquistador. He was appointed by the Spanish Crown as the first Governor of Puerto Rico.
It was while in Puerto Rico that he lead the first European expedition to Florida. Initially he thought Florida was an island and he named it La Florida in recognition of the landscape and vegetation and as it was around Easter time the Spaniards have a festival called Pascua Florida(Festival of Flowers).
The three countries (Cuba, Puerto Rico and Bahamas) were discovered by Christopher Columbus.

Answer: NATO

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) members to agree to mutual defence if attacked by an external party.
The original twelve nations were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Portugal, USA, UK, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Norway.
The EU (European Union) has evolved from 1952 when it was originally the European Coal and Steel Community. The Marshall Plan was officially known as the European Recovery Plan (ERP) helping to rebuild Europe after the devastation of WWII. The League of Nations was founded on January 10, 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended WWI.

Answer: Olympic Games in Athens

After a period of 1,500 years the 1st modern Olympic Games is opened with 14 nations competing with 241 athletes in over 43 events. Compare this to the 2004 Athens Olympics when there were 201 nations competing with 10,625 athletes over 301 events.
Utah was admitted on January 4, 1896 and the last Tsar of Russia , Nicholas II, was crowned on May 26, 1896.
Queen Victoria became the longest reigning monarch on September 22, 1986 surpassing her grandfather, King George III.

Answer: Joseph Pulitzer

Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) immigrated to the USA in 1864, aged 17 years. He became a publisher and US Congressman and established the Pulitzer Prizes in 1917. These prizes are annually awarded for artistic and journalistic achievements.
Rudolph Steiner (1861-1925) was born in what is now Croatia. Steiner's philosophy focused on education and the importance of creativity in learning.
Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) born in Stockholm, Sweden is best known for inventing various explosives including "dynamite" and through his vast wealth established the Nobel Prizes.
Johannes Gutenberg (1395-1463) developed a method of printing by movable type.

Answer: 108 minutes

Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) was in the Soviet Air Force. In 1960 he was chosen with 19 others for the Soviet space program.
On this date Gagarin became the first human in space and the first to orbit the earth. Sadly, he was killed in 1968 when his MIG-i5 crashed on a training flight.

Answer: RMS Carpathia

RMS Carpathia immediately responded to the distress signals from Titanic but only arrived 1½ hours after she had sunk. RMS Carpathia (1903-1918) herself was sunk on July 17, 1918 during WWI by a torpedo from a German U-boat off the Irish coast.
RMS Lusitania was a non-military ship but was sunk on May 7,1915 by a German U-boat also off the coast of Ireland.
RMS Aquitania(1914-1950) survived military service in both world wars.
RMS Campania (1893-1918) was sunk in a collision with HMS Glorious on November 5, 1918.

Answer: Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) was famous throughout the silent movie period with classics like "The Tramp, "The Kid", "The Gold Rush, "The Circus" and many more. Chaplin never relinquished his British citizenship and always had to apply for visa entry into the USA.
Alfred Hitchcock (born August 13, 1899-1980) was born in London. He moved to Hollywood in 1939 and became a US citizen in 1955.
Charles Laughton (born July 1, 1899-1962) was born in Yorkshire, England. He appeared on stage in New York in 1931 and made many films in Hollywood for three decades. He became a US citizen in 1950.
Bob Hope (1903-2003) was born in London and his family emigrated to the USA in 1908. At the age of 12 in 1915 he won a talent prize for his impersonation of Charlie Chaplin.

Answer: 1956

"E Pluribus Unum" was the de facto motto of the USA up to 1956 when the US Congress and adopted "In God We Trust" as the official motto."In God We Trust" has appeared on US paper currency since 1957.
"E Pluribus Unum" was adopted in 1792 when the Great Seal of The United States was created.

Answer: William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is recognised as not only the greatest writer in the English language but also a pre-eminent dramatist. His greatest works
are possibly "Hamlet", "Othello", "Macbeth" and "King Lear", not to mention "Romeo and Juliet" and "The Merchant of Venice".
Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) is best known for his novel "Robinson Crusoe". He based this novel on the exploits of the Scottish castaway, Alexander Selkirk.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was a satirist and is best remembered for "Gulliver's Travels" and numerous essays and poems.
Thomas More (1478-1535)is best known for his book of 1516 "Utopia".

Answer: William Bligh

William Bligh (1754-1817) after returning to England fought under Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen. Fifteen years after the "Bounty" mutiny
he was appointed Governor of NSW (Australia) to clear up the corruption of the rum trade in the NSW Corps which resulted in the "Rum Rebellion".
Fletcher Christian (1764-1793) was the masters mate on board the HMS Bounty and seized command after the mutiny. He died on Pitcairn Island at the age of 28.
Edward Edwards was command of the HMS Pandora that was sent to search for the HMS Bounty and the mutineers.
Peter Heywood was one of the mutineers taken back to London for court martial. He was pardoned and eventually rose to the rank of captain.