History Quiz #38
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 5 October 2009
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Q1.
Which organisation founded by Lord Baden Powell and his sister Agnes was incorporated by Charter in 1915?
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Q2.
What name was given to groups of runaway slaves in Jamaica and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries?
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Q3.
What did the Romans call Ireland?
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Q4.
In Greek legend, who, the last king of Troy, was the father of Hector and Paris?
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Q5.
Where did the "Mayflower", carrying the Pilgrim Fathers, early settlers to Massachusetts, America, sail from in 1620?
Note: This question was updated in April 2022
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Q6.
In England, the monarch has the power of veto over any proposed legislation from Parliament by withholding the Royal Assent. Who last used this power?
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Queen Elizabeth I in 1599
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Q7.
The Night of the Long Knives is associated with which political figure?
Note: This question was updated in August 2014
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