History Quiz #259
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 30 December 2013
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Q1.
Who is the only US president to have served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as both the 22nd and 24th president?
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2
Q2.
In 1284, Prince Edward (later King Edward II of England), the first son born to Edward I of England, was the first English-born what?
D
Worshipful Master in Freemasonry
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Q3.
What was the subject of the referendum held in Australia 1999?
A
To change the number of MPs in federal government
B
To make observance of daylight saving consistent
C
To standardise railway gauges across all states
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Q4.
After a plague in 1633, in which German town did the villagers vow to present a living representation of Christ's Passion every tenth year?
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Q5.
Which is true of the 332nd Fighter Group of the US Army Air Corps, popularly known as "The Tuskegee Airmen", who fought in World War II?
A
They had all been born in Germany
B
They flew only from Canadian bases
C
It was a Mobile Army Surgical unit
D
They were African American
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Q6.
What worldwide movement describing itself as "a fellowship of men and women" was co-founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio?
B
Church of Latter Day Saints
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Q7.
"The Grand Old Duke Of York" was whose son?
C
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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