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History Quiz #784

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 22 January 2024

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Q1. The husband of Mumtaz designed and built what magnificent monument in India to her when she died in 1631?

A
Fatehpur Sikri
B
Red Fort
C
Humayun Tomb
D
Taj Mahal
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Q2. What was the name of a set of 3 treaties signed between the USA and the Kiowa, Comanche, Plains Apache, Southern Cheyenne and Southern Arapaho between 21 and 28 October 1867, requiring them to relocate to areas in present-day western Oklahoma?

A
The Treaty of the Five Tribes
B
The Oklahoma Settlement
C
The Medicine Lodge Treaty
D
The Native American Debacle
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Q3. Which nation established the first settlement in what is now South Africa at Table Bay in 1652?

A
Spain
B
Portugal
C
England
D
The Dutch Republic
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Q4. Before becoming president of the USA, Theodore Roosevelt was vice president to whom?

A
William Howard Taft
B
William McKinley
C
Benjamin Harrison
D
Grover Cleveland
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Q5. A senate was the governing body of which of these empires?

A
Greek
B
Mongol
C
British
D
Roman
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Q6. When Charles I was beheaded, and contrary to custom, the words "Behold the head of a traitor!" were not said when his head was held up and exhibited to the crowd. Revolutionary leader Oliver Cromwell ordered what else to occur that was unusual after such a beheading?

A
The Beefeaters to shout "Charlie wuz da man!"
B
The head to be sewn back onto the body
C
An honour guard to accompany the body into the Tower of London
D
All the spectators to sing "Abide With Me"
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Q7. For what feat did American Fred A. Birchmore become well-known after 1935?

A
Crafting the Roerich Pact, a Pan-American treaty on the protection of cultural artefacts
B
Selling the first canned beer
C
The discovery and clinical development of Prontosil, the first broad spectrum antibiotic
D
A solo trip round the world on a bicycle
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