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History Quiz #650

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 28 June 2021

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Q1. The award for which Nobel Prize winner was accepted in person by his wife because the winner feared that if he went to Oslo he would not be readmitted to his homeland?

A
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
B
Liu Xiaobo
C
Ai Weiwei
D
Lech Wałęsa
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Q2. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 issued by King George III, and recognised still in the Canadian Constitution of 1982, transferred French territory in North America to Great Britain and also did what?

A
Claimed Newfoundland
B
Forbade use of the French language in Canada
C
Authorised starting work on the St. Lawrence Seaway
D
Gave legal recognition of aboriginal title, rights and freedoms to First Nations in Canada
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Q3. Which was the first of the Baltic states to be occupied, and then absorbed as a constituent republic, by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)?

A
Poland
B
Latvia
C
Estonia
D
Lithuania
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Q4. 2019/20 in Australia, Siberia, Indonesia, the Amazon and California saw exceptional what?

A
Flooding
B
Settled weather
C
Wild or forest fires
D
Ice and snow
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Q5. From 1976 onwards, refugees seeking asylum were called "boat people" in the country they were trying to reach and mostly refused asylum. Which country was that?

A
Japan
B
Chile
C
Australia
D
Manchuria
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Q6. Bernard and Phyllis Coard and Maurice Bishop were involved with the politics of which country in 1983?

A
Grenada
B
Australia
C
Tonga
D
Pitcairn Island
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Q7. In 429 CE, the Roman Emperor Theodosius II initiated what became known as the Codex Theodosianus, in order to do what?

A
Compile a census of all citizens in the Roman Empire
B
Codify current medical knowledge and practice in the Empire
C
Codify all Roman laws current at the time
D
Compile the laws of the Roman Empire under Christian emperors since 312 CE
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