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History Quiz #766

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 18 September 2023

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Q1. When the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered what is now known as Tasmania, Australia, in his 1642 voyage what did he name it?

A
Terra australis
B
Tasmanlandt
C
Neue Zeeland
D
Anthoonij van Diemenslandt
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Q2. Where in Europe was the Great February Flood of 1825, the worst natural disaster in its area in the 19th century?

A
The islands of Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney
B
Brittany, France
C
North Sea coast of Germany, and The Netherlands
D
Norway
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Q3. Who is reflected in the name for the Philippines?

A
Philippa Middleton
B
Philip of Macedonia
C
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
D
King Philip II of Spain
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Q4. Which NASA space shuttle was lost after exploding 73 seconds after lift off in 1986?

A
Challenger
B
Columbia
C
Enterprise
D
Discovery
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Q5. By 1929 actions of the Austrian Schober government, together with the simultaneous Wall Street Crash brought down the then largest and allegedly best-financed Austrian credit institution two years later and resulted in a global financial crisis and ultimately the bank failures of the Great Depression. What were the actions or cause?

A
Nationalising the bank, drastically revaluing the currency
B
Hyperinflation, requiring the bank to take on weaker failing banks together with its own bad loans
C
Over-abrupt anti inflation measures, offending Austria's main creditor the League of Nations
D
Raiding its gold reserve and capping interest rates at half the then current rate
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Q6. Which of these was a king in England when Vikings invaded?

A
William I
B
Harold II
C
Henry VIII
D
Alfred the Great
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Q7. Who is said by some experts to be the "master" referred to in the English nursery rhyme "Baa baa black sheep"?

A
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
B
The owner of the wool press
C
King Edward I
D
The local squire
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