History Quiz #401
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 19 September 2016
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Q1.
Which nation was the first nuclear free zone?
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Q2.
Finishing in 2016 André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard from Switzerland were the first to do what?
A
Launch the first reusable rocket successfully to enter orbital space and return
B
Successfully evacuate all the civilians from a Syrian city besieged by government and Russian forces
C
Excavate remains of Homo naledi, a previously unknown species of early human in South Africa
D
Circumnavigate the globe piloting a fixed-wing plane using only solar power
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Q3.
What did the London Agreement 1949 concern?
A
Hong Kong's relationship to the new People's Republic of China
B
A partition plan for Palestine
C
Effects of Burma's independence
D
Newly republican India's continued membership in the Commonwealth of Nations
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4
Q4.
A UN tribunal ruling under the auspices of the UN Convention on the Laws of the Sea was asked for in 2013 by the Philippines on claims by what other country?
D
People's Republic of China
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5
Q5.
Mahatma Gandhi led Indians in protesting the British-imposed salt tax with what 400 km (249 mile) journey in 1930?
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Q6.
In which country was "The Tunguska Event" on 30 June 1908, believed to have been caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment of 5-10 kilometres (3-6 miles) above the Earth's surface?
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Q7.
Where were public toilet or lavatory facilities first recorded?
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