History Quiz #778
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 11 December 2023
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Q1.
An interactive agency from which country, together with one of its websites, was named in three prestigious European awards in 2007?
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Q2.
Which Earl of Essex, after being sent to Ireland as Governor-General in 1599, being briefly imprisoned and leading a rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I, was executed in 1601?
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Q3.
What or who was the Somme in the name of the First World War battle?
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Q4.
In October 1935, two hundred thousand soldiers of which European army attacked Ethiopia?
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Q5.
Which of these is a South Korean island that was shelled by North Korean artillery on 23 November 2010?
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Q6.
Lieutenant General Aman Andom, Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen, Brigadier General Tafari Benti, Major Mengistu Haile Mariam and Major Atnafu Abate were involved in the politics of which country between 1974 and 1987?
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Q7.
The Treaty of Brussels, the precursor to NATO and a basis for WEU, was signed on 17 March 1948 by Belgium, France, the UK, the Netherlands and which other nation?
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