History Quiz #266
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 17 February 2014
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Q1.
She was known during her training and work as Nora Baker, and was posthumously awarded a British George Cross, appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire and awarded a French Croix de Guerre with Gold Star. What was her real name?
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Q2.
How many Popes were there in 1410?
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Q3.
What title did King Edward VIII of the UK take after his abdication?
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Q4.
The world's first passenger railway operated between which two stations?
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Q5.
General Franco, the Spanish military general, was head of state of Spain from October 1936 following the Spanish Civil War, until when?
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Q6.
What ancient form of measurement was represented by the length of the forearm from the elbow to the middle fingertip?
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Q7.
When was the first message transmitted between UK and the USA by submarine telegraph cable?
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