Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 5 July 2010
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1
Which country returned to a democratic form of government after the death of dictator Juan Vincente Gomez in 1935?
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2
In March 1918, the capital of Russia was moved to where?
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3
The third atomic bomb to be dropped from an aeroplane was where?
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4
How did Boudica (also spelled Boudicca or Boadicea), Queen of the Iceni, die in 63 AD?
A
Pushed off the Cliffs of Dover
B
An arrow through her right eye
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5
What was the popular name for the Paris prison at 232 Rue Saint-Antoine that was stormed during the French Revolution in 1789?
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6
What object, which had been brought to Westminster Abbey in 1296 and placed under "St Edward's chair", was stolen and taken to Scotland in December 1950 and returned the following April?
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7
From 1985 onwards, Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the policies of "glasnost" and "perestroika" in an attempt to modernise the country. What do these two words mean?
B
Openness and Restructuring
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