History Quiz #371
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 22 February 2016
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Q1.
When was critical illness, or trauma, insurance first launched?
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Q2.
Bartholomew Gosnold sailed there from Britain in 1602, very shortly after the death of Queen Elizabeth I, to found a colony, and in 1620 the Pilgrim Fathers on the "Mayflower" came ashore there. What place was it?
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Provincetown Harbour, Cape Cod
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Q3.
John McCain's running mate for the 2009 USA presidential election was the governor of which state?
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Q4.
Under the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), which followed the War Of The Spanish Succession, Spain ceded Minorca and which other area to Britain?
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Q5.
In 1389, Queen Margaret ruled over Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Greenland, Iceland and which other country?
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Q6.
The Greek mathematician, mystic and scientist Pythagoras is best known for the Pythagorean theorem, which concerns what?
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Q7.
Until 1992, TASS was the official news agency for which organisation?
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