Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 27 July 2009
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1
Who identified "The Four Freedoms" (freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear) in a message to the US Congress?
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2
Which war, engineered by Bismarck, included the seige and surrender of Paris and ended in the union of German states with William I as emperor?
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3
Around 2,000 of which type of rocket-propelled pilotless bomb was launched on London from 8 September 1944 to March 1945?
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4
Which empire, established in Cappadocia, was powerful in Asia Minor from 1400 to 1200 BC?
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5
What were first established by St Bel at Lyons, France, in 1762, and at London in 1790?
A
Children's health clinics
C
Nurses' training colleges
D
Academies for the study of African animals
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6
The navy from which country destroyed the Russian fleet at Port Arthur after a number of attacks in 1904 and 1905?
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7
Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, is famous for leading the resistance to the invasion of Britain by whom?
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