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History Quiz #485

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 30 April 2018

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Q1. Which countries signed up to the Plaza Accord in the USA in November 1985?

Note: This question was updated in January 2024
A
The G5
B
The US and the UK
C
The US and Canada
D
Japan and South Pacific nations
Select from the options above.
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Q2. The fall of the city of Edo, capital of the Tokugawa shogunate, in 1868 accelerated the final stages of what change in Japan?

A
The restoration of imperial power as supreme
B
Establishment of democracy
C
Surrender to Chinese rule
D
Eradication of the black plague
Select from the options above.
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Q3. What happened on the 1 September 1923, aggravated by the days that followed, to devastate Japan's thriving economy?

A
The Japanese stock market crashed
B
The Great Kantō earthquake
C
The Prime Minister and five of his Cabinet were assassinated
D
Prince Regent Hirohito was assassinated
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Q4. A climbing current account deficit and an increasingly strong dollar prompted the US to initiate what international agreement in November 1985?

A
Brussels Agreement
B
Louvre Accord
C
Plaza Accord
D
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods
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Q5. What product name did Westerners in the 19th century give to the "road", or network of trade routes, across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, as well as North and Northeast Africa and Europe?

A
Spice
B
Silk
C
Sugar
D
Salt
Select from the options above.
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Q6. During World War II the British Broadcasting Corporation prefaced many of its broadcasts by the opening bars of which music?

A
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
B
Parry's "Jerusalem"
C
Beethoven's "Ode to Joy"
D
Elgar's Enigma Variations
Select from the options above.
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Q7. The League of Nations was established to promote collective security, arbitration of international disputes, reduction of armaments and open diplomacy; when was this?

A
Immediately following World War II (1939-45)
B
Immediately following World War I (1914-18)
C
Immediately following the Crimean War (1853-56)
D
Immediately following the Balkan Wars (1912-13)
Select from the options above.
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