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History Quiz #149

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 21 November 2011

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Q1. What was the Watergate building that was the subject of a US political scandal that began in 1972?

A
Hospital
B
Bank
C
Office building
D
Hotel
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Q2. Felipe Calderón became President of which country on 1 December 2006?

A
Venezuela
B
Mexico
C
Colombia
D
Ecuador
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Q3. Which of these was an irregular unit of British Special Forces founded in Cairo in 1942 by Major Vladimir Peniakoff that served in the Western Desert during World War II?

A
Special Air Services
B
Long Range Desert Group
C
Popski's Private Army
D
Special Boat Service
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Q4. What was the nickname for the German L14 Howitzer, used in World War I?

A
Lucille
B
Betsy
C
Big Bertha
D
Black Beauty
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Q5. In 1587, Sir Francis Drake "singed the beard of the King of Spain" by leading a fleet which destroyed 37 naval and merchant ships in the port of La Coruña and which other place?

A
Madrid
B
Barcelona
C
Valencia
D
Cádiz
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Q6. What were Operation Plumbbob, Operation Nougat, Operation Plowshare, Operation Sunbeam and Operation Dominic II?

A
International Boy Scout Jamborees
B
Allied operations in World War II
C
Allied operations in World War I
D
Nuclear test series carried out in the USA
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Q7. What was the name of the 1571 sea battle when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Spain (including Naples, Sicily and Sardinia), the Republic of Venice, the Papacy, the Republic of Genoa, the Duchy of Savoy, the Knights Hospitaller and others, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire?

A
The Battle of Lepanto
B
The Battle of Trafalgar
C
The Battle of Omdurman
D
The Battle of the Coral Sea
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