Quiz #3 answers

 Year 1: 2012

• David Cameron left his eight year old daughter at a pub
• Malala Yousafzai was shot by a member of the Taliban
• Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her jubilee
• London hosted the Olympic Games

Year 2: 1999

• The United States Senate tried, and acquitted, President Clinton for high crimes and misdemeanours
• The world's population first exceeded six billion
• The European Union introduced the Euro currency
• Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Year 3: 1962

• Ipswich Town won the First Division in England
• Jamaica gained its independence
• Marilyn Monroe died
• John Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature

Year 4: 1300

• Robert the Bruce defeated Edward II and declared Scotland independent
• It was a leap year
• Amsterdam was officially declared a city
• Giotto completed the Badia Polyptych

Year 5: 1933

• The London Underground map was unveiled
• Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
• England won The Ashes in Australia, unleashing bodyline bowling tactics against their opponents
• FM radio patented

Year 6: 1813

• Richard Wagner born
• Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice published anonymously in London
• Prussia declared war on France
• The battle of Stoney Creek took place

Year 7: 1940

• The first Tom and Jerry cartoon made
• John Lennon born
• A new car in the USA cost $850
• Rebecca won Best Picture at the Academy Awards