History Quiz #340
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 20 July 2015
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Q1.
Where was "the Maccabiah bridge collapse", the failure of a pedestrian bridge over the Yarkon River on 14 July 1997 which killed 4 and injured 60?
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Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Q2.
In Britain in World War II, where did "land girls" work?
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Q3.
The extensive interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, as well as North and Northeast Africa and Europe, was known as what?
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Q4.
What term was used when 15 members of a US sports team were allowed to enter mainland China after a period of over 20 years in which Americans, except on very rare occasions, had been denied visas?
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Footballs across the sea
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Q5.
What did the British nickname the V1 rocket during the London Bitz during World War II?
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Q6.
Charles Lindberg's first transatlantic flight was between which two cities?
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Q7.
How many leaders are recognised in 2014 as absolute monarchs?
Note: This question was updated in December 2018
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