History Quiz #574
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 13 January 2020
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Q1.
Over several weeks after the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union agreed to give up its monopoly of power on February 7, 1990, the constituent republics of the USSR held their first competitive elections. How many republics were there?
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Q2.
Which city was the site of the dervish rebellion and the death of the British General Gordon in 1885?
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Q3.
Events at Appomattox Court House were one of the events that heralded the end of which war?
B
American War of Independence
D
War of the Spanish Succession
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Q4.
During a speech in January 1992, then-president George H. W. Bush mentioned that he wanted to "make American families a lot more like ... which family? ... and a lot less like the Simpsons".
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Q5.
In the Republican calendar, introduced after the French Revolution, how many days were there in a week?
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Q6.
Captain James Cook encountered which people on his first voyage to New Zealand?
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Q7.
India launched the Chandrayaan-2 mission, with a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III rocket, on July 22, 2019, to do what?
B
Observe weather patterns
C
To land at the South Pole of the Moon
D
To establish a mirror to regulate the sun's energy in areas in India
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