History Quiz #780
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 25 December 2023
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Q1.
Where was "the Maccabiah bridge collapse", the failure of a pedestrian bridge over the Yarkon River on 14 July 1997 which killed 4 and injured 60?
D
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Q2.
When British navigator James Cook arrived at what are now called Cook Islands what did he name them?
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Q3.
In a May 1940 operation codenamed "Operation Fork" the British Royal Navy and Royal Marines invaded where?
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Q4.
Which international agreement did the US join In November 2016, withdraw from in November 2020, and re-join in February 2021?
B
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
C
FATCA agreement between Canada and the United States
D
2015 Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
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Q5.
What was the function of the Cloaca Maxima in ancient Rome?
B
Forum for discussion on city services
C
Centre for market stalls
D
To drain the city sewage and waste water, and the local marshes
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Q6.
To investigate his theories of the diaspora of South American peoples, who sailed in a balsa raft called Kon-Tiki across the Pacific Ocean in 1947?
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Q7.
Following August 1945 Mongolia gained its independence from the Republic of China as a result of what?
B
A birthday party for Chiang Kai-shek's son
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