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History Quiz #183

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 16 July 2012

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Q1. During World War II, what was the name given to deliberately created simulations of burning towns that were constructed in Britain to decoy German night bombers away from bombing real towns?

A
Sitting ducks
B
Blitzens
C
Bonfires
D
Starfish sites
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Q2. Which wonder of the ancient world was at Halicarnassus, Persia?

A
Temple of Artemis
B
Statue of Zeus
C
Mausoleum of Mausolus
D
Hanging gardens
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Q3. On what day in 1066 was William I crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey?

A
Easter Sunday
B
Midsummer's Day
C
Christmas Day
D
His birthday
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Q4. Which of these areas, along with parts of New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming, and most of Arizona, were added to US territory after diplomat Nicholas Trist negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848?

A
Illinois, Wisconsin & Arkansas
B
Washington, Oregon & Iowa
C
California, Nevada & Utah
D
Texas & Florida
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Q5. Who defeated the British army in 1879 at the Battle of Isandlwana?

A
Russians
B
Zulus
C
Boers
D
Turks
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Q6. What organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1917, 1944 and 1963?

A
The Boy Scout Movement
B
The Society of Friends (Quakers)
C
International Committee of the Red Cross
D
The Anglican Church
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Q7. Which war pitted anarchists, socialists, and Communists supported by the Soviets and international volunteers, against conservatives, monarchists, nationalists and fascists, with the support of Portugal, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany?

A
The Crimean War
B
The Spanish Civil War
C
The Korean War
D
The Hundred Years' War
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