Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 7 December 2009
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1
Which harbour, a US naval base, was attacked by Japanese aeroplanes on 7 December 1941?
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2
Who has been Prime Minister of France twice and President of France once?
C
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
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3
The last time that anyone spoke to Adolf Hitler, he was in what city?
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4
In 1978, after escaping from Iran, where was the Ayatollah Khomeni granted political asylum?
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5
Which city was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles as a trading settlement in 1819?
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6
Leon Trotsky, who had been Russia's foreign secretary from 1918 under Lenin, was exiled to Siberia in 1927 after Lenin's death. How did he die?
A
Shot while defending Stalingrad,1944
B
Worked to death in a gulag, 1931
C
Shot by Russian forces as a spy, 1944
D
Assassinated in Mexico, 1940
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7
What was the last major land battle between England and France?
A
Battle of the Bulge, 1944
B
Battle of Waterloo, 1815
C
Battle of Culloden, 1746
D
Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
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