History Quiz #360
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 7 December 2015
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Q1.
Which wonder of the ancient world was at Ephesus?
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2
Q2.
Who was president of the USA during the American Civil War?
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3
Q3.
Friar Tuck is the associate of which legendary English figure?
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Q4.
Queen Elizabeth I of England was from which Royal House?
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Q5.
The SS Great Eastern which set sail on 13 July 1866 carrying the second (and the first successful) transatlantic telegraph cable was under what kind of power?
A
Steam-driven paddles and propeller
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Q6.
Since the late 1930s, what date has been reserved for the inauguration of a President of the USA?
B
The third Thursday in November
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Q7.
About which conflict did Winston Churchill say "never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"?
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