History Quiz #518
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 17 December 2018
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Q1.
What country that adopted its federal constitution in 1848 finally joined the United Nations in 2002?
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2
Q2.
In 1655 a publication subtitled "Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon" established what scientific term now in common usage?
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Q3.
Daniel O'Connell did what in 1828 and 1829 as part of a campaign to remove the restrictions on Roman Catholics in the UK?
B
He broke windows in the Houses of Parliament
C
Tried to hang himself in prison
D
Attempted assassinations of the Prime Minister
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Q4.
Which wonder of the ancient world was at Babylon?
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Q5.
In the USA, what does Memorial Day commemorate?
A
Americans who died in military service
B
The Declaration of Independence
C
The end of the American Civil War
D
The assassination of president John F Kennedy
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Q6.
What French political scandal involved the sentencing of an artillery officer to life imprisonment for treason in 1894, who was exonerated and reinstated to the French Army in 1906 after the discovery that the French government had fabricated evidence?
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Q7.
Why does the Archbishop of York sign himself "Ebor"?
C
Eboracum was the Roman name for York from 75AD
D
It is an anagram of "bore"
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