History Quiz #269
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 10 March 2014
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Q1.
According to Greek legend, who had the task of with rolling a marble block up a hill for eternity?
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Q2.
Ramesses the Great presided over what empire?
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Q3.
Following the 1997 return of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China to become a special administrative region, Macau was returned to become its second special administrative region. When was that?
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Q4.
Around 2,000 of which type of rocket-propelled pilotless bomb was launched on London from 8 September 1944 to March 1945?
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Q5.
What free trade area that came into effect on 1 January 2010 was the largest at the time in terms of population and third largest in terms of volume?
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Q6.
Saint Therese is associated with which town?
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Q7.
Which phrase that first came to public attention as a U.S. television commercial for the Wendy's chain of hamburger restaurants in 1984 became associated with the 1984 U.S. presidential election when Walter Mondale ridiculed Gary Hart's candidacy?
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