1. What bird was often featured on flags carried by Vikings into battle? It was to symbolise that soon their enemies’ carcasses would be devoured by these carrion-eaters.

2. Which African dictator served in the King’s African Rifles, fought against the Mau-Mau in Kenya, then just as he was about to be arrested for embezzling army funds he launched a coup and installed himself as President of Uganda?

3. A Jacquerie is a popular uprising most usually carried out by peasants. The first recorded instance occurred in 1358 in which European country?

4. Who was the US Secretary of State for Human Rights in the Reagan administration, and supported and aided the death squads in Guatemala and El Salvador?

5. Who was Prime Minister of Britain on the day of the Battle of Waterloo?

6. What was the name of the woman who led the Glasgow Rent Strikes of 1915?

7. The Dickin Medal is awarded to animals for bravery or devotion in war. Which species has won the most?

8. How many Russian tsars died by assassination or execution?

9. Where was the first German aircraft shot down over Britain during WWII?

10. What did Abbas Pasha of Egypt sent to Queen Victoria in 1849 in exchange for greyhounds and deerhounds?

11. What was Trotsky’s real name?

12. With what surname was Malcolm X born?