History Quiz #388
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 20 June 2016
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Q1.
Which dynasty, lasting from 907 to 1125 CE, ruled present-day Mongolia and portions of the Russian Far East, northern Korea, and northern China including all of Manchuria?
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2
Q2.
What was the name of an iron case containing gunpowder that was used to destroy a gate or palisade?
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3
Q3.
What was the first airship to cross the Atlantic, in 1919?
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4
Q4.
What is the honour system founded by Napoleon in 1802 that has five classes including Grand Cross and Officer?
B
Compagnie de Chevaliers
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5
Q5.
Three Americans, artist Samuel F. B. Morse, physicist Joseph Henry, and machinist and inventor Alfred Vail, developed what in the 1830s?
A
An electrical telegraph system
B
A type of chair for cinemas
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Q6.
The de facto first Governor-General of India, Warren Hastings, was impeached (and acquitted), on his return to England in 1786, on what grounds?
B
Failing to return enough profit to the British Government
C
Misconduct, particularly mismanagement and personal corruption
D
Persistent and flagrant marital infidelities
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Q7.
Which is the last major military engagement of the American Civil War?
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