History Quiz #125
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 6 June 2011
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Q1.
Who lived in the Lateran Palace from the fourth to the fourteenth centuries?
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Q2.
The period of the French Revolution when the Girondists were guillotined, which ended with the guillotining of Robespierre, was known as what?
C
The Black Hole of Calcutta
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Q3.
Which wonder of the ancient world was at Olympia?
Note: This question was updated in May 2018
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Q4.
In 2011 the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was a cartel of 12 countries: Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela and which other?
Note: This question was updated in February 2018
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Q5.
What are the first words of the US Declaration of Independence?
A
When in the course of human events ...
B
Four score and seven years ago ...
C
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed ...
D
To be or not to be, that is the question ...
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Q6.
In 1918, when did the armistice take effect at the end of World War I?
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A
Natural electrical activity seen around ships' masts
B
Muffins made with raisins
C
Mythical sea monsters from near Norway & Iceland
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