History Quiz #271
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 24 March 2014
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Q1.
Which country annexed Korea in 1910?
Note: This question was updated in October 2022
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Q2.
Where was the Saffron Revolution?
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Q3.
The name of Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula commemorates a landing in 1915 by what or who?
A
The catch of a giant pearl by Russian divers
B
A fishing vessel donated by the people of Anzio in Italy
C
A descendant of José Antonio Anzoátegui, a hero of Venezuela's independence
D
An army corps of Australian and New Zealand soldiers
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Q4.
Two wars fought in 1880-1881 and then in 1899-1902 in South Africa are known as what?
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Q5.
What was the area now known as the Mekong Delta called in the 19th century?
B
The Republic of Vietnam
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Q6.
The partition of India, formalised in 1947, was characterised by religious tension and violence between Hindus and people of which other major religious group?
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Q7.
After about eight centuries of occupation by various countries Latvia declared independence, just after the World War I armistice in 1918, from what country?
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