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History Quiz #678

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 10 January 2022

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Q1. When Dartmoor Prison first opened in 1809 what was its purpose?

A
To house prisoners-of-war
B
To house serious offenders
C
A correctional house for young offenders
D
A workhouse
Select from the options above.
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Q2. Voyages of exploration which stretched from 1492 to 1504 started with what purpose?

A
To travel from one pole to the other
B
To find a new and shorter route from Portugal to the Orient
C
Testing out a new type of sail
D
To give the crew extended holiday cruises
Select from the options above.
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Q3. The 2nd and 6th presidents of the USA had the same surname. What was it?

A
Jefferson
B
Adams
C
Grant
D
Lincoln
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Q4. Which of these fought to unify Italy in the 19th century?

A
Joachim Murat
B
Benito Mussolini
C
Giuseppe Garibaldi
D
Canaletto
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Q5. Over two days in 1921 a lynch mob destroyed 35 blocks of thriving businesses and homes, and between 30 and 300 people were killed and 10,000 left homeless. For more than 70 years it was barely mentioned and multiple records of the disaster were destroyed. Where?

A
Tulsa, Oklahoma
B
East St. Louis, Illinois
C
Chicago, Illinois
D
Duluth, Minnesota
Select from the options above.
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Q6. In 1864, as retaliation for an incident the previous year which involved death or injury to about 5 Spanish citizens, Spain took the first tangible aggressive steps in what became what?

A
The Battle of Ica
B
The Spanish-South American War
C
The Wars of Independence
D
The Guano Wars
Select from the options above.
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Q7. Who were the Persians defeated by in the sea battle at Salamis in 480BC?

A
Phoenicians
B
Rome
C
Greece
D
Venice
Select from the options above.
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