History Quiz #357
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 16 November 2015
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Q1.
What name was given to the eldest sons of the Kings of France from the 14th century?
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2
Q2.
When was the last death penalty carried out, by guillotine, in France?
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3
Q3.
1.1 million square miles of land in North America were the subject of what agreement in 1803?
B
Treaty to end the Civil War
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Q4.
Why did Aeroflot Flight 593, a "Russian Airlines" Airbus A310 passenger airliner, crash into a hillside in Kemerovo Oblast on 23 March 1994, killing all 75 passengers and crew?
A
A 15-year-old boy was at the controls
C
It collided with a light plane
D
It was hit by a terrorist's missile
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Q5.
With what area are the Beaker people, or the Beaker Culture, most associated?
B
Northwestern and central Europe
C
Central and South America
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Q6.
The Terracotta Army marched underground frozen in time from the burial of an emperor in the third century BCE until 1974 CE, where?
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Q7.
James Edward Oglethorpe founded the city of Savannah, Georgia, after obtaining a Charter from King George II to establish a colony for what sort of people?
B
People impoverished and imprisoned for debt
D
Crofters who had been evicted from their land
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