Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 15 February 2010
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1
The first overseas property owned by the government of the USA, a US legation (consulate), was in which city?
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2
Which nation established the first settlement in what is now South Africa at Table Bay in 1652?
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3
Under the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), which followed the War Of The Spanish Succession, Spain ceded Minorca and which other area to Britain?
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4
American Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino, who was convicted for treason in 1949 and pardoned by US President Gerald Ford in 1977, was popularly known as whom?
D
The Nightingale of Nanking
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5
With the history of which country is Davy Crockett associated?
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6
From 1922 to 1937, what name was given to the area of Ireland that was more independent than the rest of the island ?
C
The Republic Of Ireland
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7
What event applies to Charles II of England in 1660 and the Bourbons in 1814 and 1815?
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