History Quiz #654
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 26 July 2021
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Q1.
The Battle of the Three Emperors, the Battle of Austerlitz, is seen as a decisive engagement in what longer conflict?
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Q2.
In Greek mythology, who rode Pegasus, the flying horse?
Note: This question was updated in November 2022
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Q3.
The peoples who have inhabited the Arctic region from time to time have included the cultures known as Inuit, and which other?
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Q4.
Who was Minister-Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government and Prime Minister of Russia from 21 July 1917 (following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II) to 8 November 1917 (the Bolshevik revolution), who is buried in Putney Vale Cemetery, London?
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Q5.
Until 1599 (in Sweden, Norway and Denmark), 1600 (in Scotland ), 1725 (in Russia), and 1752 (in England, Wales, Ireland and Britain's American colonies) what did those countries observe as New Year's Day?
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Q6.
What battle, described as the last great medieval battle in the British Isles, was fought on 9 September 1513 between an invading Scots army under King James IV and an English army commanded by Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, and is said to be the largest battle (in terms of numbers) fought between the two nations?
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The Battle of Epping Forest
D
The Battle of the Bulge
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Q7.
In the UK during the First World War, what did "Dora" mean?
B
The Defence of the Realm Act
D
Bristol Type 22, British two-seater fighter plane
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