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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?

A
John F. Kennedy
B
Benjamin Harrison
C
James A. Garfield
D
Grover Cleveland
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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?

A
Defender of the Faith
B
Prince of Wales
C
Prime Minister
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
D
To become a republic
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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?

A
Bayreuth
B
Munich
C
Oberammergau
D
Wolfsburg
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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?

A
Amnesty International
B
Church of Latter Day Saints
C
Alcoholics Anonymous
D
Greenpeace
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Q7. "The Grand Old Duke Of York" was whose son?

A
George II
B
George III
C
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
D
William IV
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