Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 28 December 2009
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1
When was the first trans-Atlantic telephone cable service opened?
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2
How was Joan of Arc killed in 1431 after she was captured by the Burgundians, sold to the English and tried by an ecclesiastical court?
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3
The excavation of what city, destroyed in 79AD, was begun in 1748?
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4
What did a B-25 Mitchell bomber, piloted in thick fog by Lieutenant Colonel William Franklin Smith, Jr., crash into at 9:40 a.m. on 28 July 1945?
A
Coventry Cathedral, England
C
The Empire State Building, New York
D
St Paul's Cathedral, London
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5
The theatres for which war included North Africa, the Philippines, Italy, Germany and Crete?
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6
What was the name given to a type of xylophone consisting of large stones, dating from 2,500 - 4,000 BC found in China?
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7
The peaceful overthrow of the government in Czechoslovakia in 1989 was known as what?
B
The Day of the Daffodils
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