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History Quiz #51

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 4 January 2010

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Q1. The term "coalition of the willing", to describe military and / or humanitarian interventions for which the UN Security Council cannot agree to mount a full UN peacekeeping operation, was not applied to which of these?

A
The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003
B
The Australian-led INTERFET operation in East Timor
C
The Korean War
D
Possible operations against North Korea during the 1994 stand-off over nuclear weapons
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Q2. What was the dolphin that accompanied vessels near French Pass, a channel used by ships sailing between Wellington and Nelson, New Zealand between 1888 and 1912?

A
Davina
B
Opo
C
Pelorus Jack
D
Taniwha Blue
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Q3. Joseph Smith is known as the founder of what movement?

A
Unification Church
B
Scientology
C
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
D
Salvation Army
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Q4. The Belgian Revolution, that began after a performance at the Brussels opera in 1830, led to the secession of the Southern provinces of which kingdom to establish an independent Kingdom of Belgium?

A
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
B
The Ottoman Empire
C
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
D
The Kingdom of Portugal
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Q5. Which of these battleships did not return to service after being attacked at Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941?

A
Arizona
B
California
C
Nevada
D
West Virginia
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Q6. According to Virgil's Latin epic poem "The Aeneid", who, during the Trojan War, made a wooden horse and filled it with soldiers that the Trojans took through the gates of Troy?

A
Scots
B
Greeks
C
Mexicans
D
Zulus
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Q7. What federation of free cities who had developed trade with foreign countries, formed in the 14th century, had its headquarters in Lübeck?

A
Huguenots
B
Cinque Ports
C
Hanseatic League
D
Benelux
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