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History Quiz #560

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 7 October 2019

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Q1. The Battle of Banquan, recorded in Chinese annals written in the 1st and 2nd centuries BCE as China's first large scale battle, resulted in victory for whom?

A
The State of Zheng
B
Yellow Emperor
C
The Chrysanthemum Emperor
D
Genghis Khan
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Q2. What was the length of the standard working week in Hungary before passage of the so-called "slave law" in December 2018 which allowed employers to increase the overtime they can demand, with a delay of up to 3 years to pay for it?

A
5 days of 7 hours
B
4.5 days of average 9 hours
C
5 days of 7 hours plus a day of 5 hours
D
5 days of 8 hours
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Q3. How did Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt leave office in 1967?

A
He died of a heart attack
B
He was unseated by a coup from within his parliamentary party
C
He retired
D
He disappeared while swimming
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Q4. What beverage was introduced to England from China by the Dutch in 1645?

A
Ovaltine
B
Coffee
C
Chocolate
D
Tea
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Q5. Which old London market for cloth goods, founded by a charter from Henry I in 1133 and held annually at Smithfield and then Islington, was abolished in 1855 due to the disorderly rabble?

A
Scarborough Fair
B
Bartholomew Fair
C
Portobello Road
D
Donnybrook
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Q6. Billy Connolly, Robert de Niro, Mia Farrow, Sting, Colin Firth, Pete Townshend, Robert Redford and Damien Hirst were among those who signed an open letter in "The Times" to try to achieve what?

A
The release of an Iranian woman sentenced to death for adultery
B
The Afghanistan War
C
The raising of fees for tertiary education in Britain
D
The war in Iraq
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Q7. The soldiers in New Zealand's Pioneer Battalion in World War I were all …?

A
Disabled
B
Over 50
C
Women
D
Maori
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