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History Quiz #15

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 27 April 2009

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Q1. As at 2006 elections which Sunni Islamist paramilitary organisation and political party holds a majority of seats in the legislative council of the State of Palestine, the name since 2012 of the Palestinian National Authority?

Note: This question was updated in February 2014
A
Fatah
B
Hamas
C
Hezbollah
D
Tory
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Q2. At which university on 4 May 1970 were 4 students killed and 9 wounded when an Army National Guard unit fired at students during a protest against the US invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War?

A
Kent State University
B
Miami University
C
Ohio State University
D
University of Cincinnati
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Q3. The first railway line across the U S A, from the East Coast to San Francisco via Chicago, Omaha and Salt Lake City, was completed in what year?

A
1840
B
1869
C
1880
D
1900
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Q4. What name is given to the activities of the specially constituted group of British, American, Russian and French judges that tried NAZI Party leaders and German military commanders after World War II?

A
Geneva Convention
B
Berlin Assizes
C
Hague Tribunal
D
Nuremberg Trials
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Q5. According to Celtic legend, where did heroes go to die?

A
Avalon
B
Valhalla
C
Nirvana
D
Necropolis
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Q6. What multi-venue rock music concert, held on 13 July 1985, was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia?

A
Live 8
B
Oxjam
C
Rainbow Concert
D
Live Aid
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Q7. The Reign Of Terror was a period in the revolution of which country?

A
Russia
B
France
C
USA
D
Portugal
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