History Quiz #214
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 18 February 2013
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Q1.
The Harelle, a revolt that occurred in the French city of Rouen in 1382 followed by the Maillotins Revolt a few days later in Paris, and subsequently in Amiens, Dieppe, Falaise, Caen, Orleans, and Rheims during the Hundred Years' War, was about what?
A
Lack of state-provided education
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Q2.
According to legend, what is needed to kill a werewolf?
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Q3.
The Battle of Agincourt in 1415 was fought between which two countries?
D
The Albanian League and the Ottoman Empire
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Q4.
What is the Roman military formation called the Testudo named after?
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Q5.
Where was the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles, held?
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Q6.
What links a type of footwear, the home of NATO, the best known military exploit of an early British Prime Minister, and the final days of freedom for a Corsican commander?
Note: This question was updated in July 2022
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Q7.
In the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact after Germany conquered Poland in 1939 what happened to Poland?
A
It was assimilated into Germany
B
It was partitioned, between Germany and the USSR
C
A caretaker German government was installed
D
It became a Soviet state
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