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History Quiz #465

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 11 December 2017

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Q1. Aethelred the Unroed, his son Edmund Ironside, and Cnut (or Canute) ruled England in succession in what year?

Note: This question was updated in March 2021
A
1035
B
1016
C
978
D
948
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Q2. Approximately how far had the royal Swedish warship, the Vasa, sailed before she sank on 10 August 1628?

A
1,300 m (4,200 ft)
B
30,000 nautical miles
C
130,000 nautical miles
D
13 m (42 ft)
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Q3. Laws enacted through the southern USA from the late 19th century enforced racial segregation on the basis of race, of people as "separate but equal"; what were the laws known as?

A
Black Crow
B
Jim Crow
C
Black and White
D
Jim Beam
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Q4. Who designed Britain's first atomic bomb, which was exploded aboard HMS Plym in the Monte Bello Islands in October 1952?

A
Sir Fred Hoyle
B
Lord Ernest Rutherford
C
Raymond Mays
D
Dr W G Penney
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Q5. What caused the British government to allocate £20 million in the first half of the 19th century for payment mainly to private individuals?

A
Need for recruitment, provisioning and arming of troops for multiple wars against the French
B
Campaigns lost to Boers in South Africa
C
Abolition of slavery
D
Compensation due under the Treaty of Ghent with the new United States of America
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Q6. In the international non-profit organisation founded in 1985, based in France and known as RSF, what does the "R" stand for?

A
Reporters
B
Rugby
C
Racquet
D
Republican
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Q7. The border crossing known as "Checkpoint Charlie" was between which two places?

A
France and Switzerland, near Geneva
B
Detroit, Michigan, USA and Windsor, Ontario, Canada
C
San Diego, USA and Tijuana, Mexico
D
East and West Berlin
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