Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 23 August 2010
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1
What title was taken by Napoleon Bonaparte on 2 December 1804?
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2
What voting system for General Elections was first implemented in the Australian colony of Tasmania on 7 February 1856 and introduced to Britain in 1872 by the Ballot Act?
A
Pocket boroughs, small electorates under the control of one landowner, were eliminated
B
Women were entitled to vote
D
Seats in parliament were granted to cities resulting from the Industrial Revolution
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3
The Maoist organisation Sendero Luminoso is based in which country?
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4
What, with the sickle, was a symbol of communism?
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5
Which British monarch was the first to celebrate a diamond jubilee?
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6
What was the name of the first British jet bomber built in 1949 by English Electric?
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7
George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards were well known in the British American colonies in the mid 18th century for being what?
C
"Medicine Show" proprietors
D
Campaigners against the slave trade
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