History Quiz #679
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 17 January 2022
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Q1.
Who were sandwiched in 2021 between the border forces of Poland and Lithuania on one side and those of Belarus on the other?
A
Students on an orientation day parade
B
A convention of political scientists
C
Migrants and refugees from a variety of other countries
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Q2.
Although kites, balloons and other aircraft have been used in warfare for intelligence and/or communications since at least around 1000 BCE in China, when was the first known occasion when a person from one aircraft fired with a machine gun on another in war?
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Q3.
What decade saw the Russian revolution which overthrew the existing government and established the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, the world's first constitutionally socialist state?
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Q4.
Which place between York and Knaresborough in the UK was the site of a decisive battle in 1644 when Cromwell defeated Royalist forces?
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Q5.
The first iron suspension bridge of its kind in the world, which established the potential of suspension bridge technology to achieve both long and high spans, was built over the fast-flowing, dangerous waters of which?
B
The East River, New York, USA
C
The Firth of Forth, Scotland
D
Ohio River, Kentucky, USA
Select from the options above.
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Q6.
What war, begun in 1740 when Austrian Emperor Charles VI died and his daughter Maria Theresa came to the throne, involved attacks by Prussia, Bavaria, France, Spain, Sardinia and Saxony, and ended in 1748?
C
The War of the Austrian Succession
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Q7.
Where was the Ostrogothic Kingdom?
C
Italy and neighbouring areas
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