Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 30 March 2009
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1
Saratoga and Yorktown are the sites of the defeat of which armies?
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2
What was the name of the temporary harbours that were towed to the French coast to facilitate D Day landings on 5 and 6 June 1944?
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3
What is the alternative name for Pluto, the Greek God of the underworld, that has come to mean Hell?
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4
What military rank and historical title for Hereditary Commanders of Armies in Japan ended when Tokugawa Yoshinobu relinquished the office in 1867?
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5
Who was killed by their own sikh bodyguards in 1984?
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6
What is next in the series: Katherine, Anne, Jane, Anne, Catherine?
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7
Which wars, from 1839 to 1842 and 1856 to 1860, were due to Britain smuggling goods from India into China in defiance of China's laws?
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The Chino-Anglo Dispute
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