Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 6 April 2009
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1
What word best describes a political situation common to England in 1647, France in 1789, Spain in 1936 and Jamaica in 1720?
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2
Which of these actions is common to Mary Queen of Scots (1567), Edward VIII (1936), Umberto II of Italy (1946) and Farouk of Egypt (1953)?
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3
Where was the most damage done by the Loma Prieta earthquake, that struck on 17 October 1989?
B
San Francisco Bay Area, California
C
Sarajevo, now in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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4
What organisation financed Henry Hudson's voyage when he explored much of what is now Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay in 1610?
C
Virginia Company with the British East India Company
D
Dutch East India Company
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5
Who was the first President of the French Fifth Republic?
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6
In Scandinavian mythology, what was the home of the Gods, approached by a bridge (Bifrost), that contained a great hall and Valhalla?
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7
The anniversary that commemorates Captain Arthur Phillip founding the British Colony of Australia in 1788, is celebrated on which day every year?
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