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History Quiz #785

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 29 January 2024

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Q1. What was the 1908 Tunguska Event?

A
The subsidence of a 3km wide sinkhole in northern Canada
B
An earthquake in the Arctic measuring 9.5 on the Richter scale
C
A major meteor strike in Siberia
D
The first international sled dog race in Alaska
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Q2. What period of history does Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" concern?

A
From the formation of the Milky Way
B
None
C
The centuries of clock-making
D
From the formation of the Earth
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Q3. In English folklore, what symbolises fertility and rebirth?

A
The Red Lion
B
The Green Man
C
The Black Horse
D
The Yellow Peril
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Q4. Where did the Spring of Nations, or the Year of Revolutions, happen in 1848?

A
Europe
B
Chile
C
North America
D
Scandinavia
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Q5. Which African kingdom, founded by Osei Tutu in the 1670s fought 4 wars against Britain between 1823 and 1896 until, in 1900, it was incorporated into the Gold Coast colony as a protectorate?

A
Tutsi
B
Zulu
C
Ashanti
D
Kenya
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Q6. After the STASI, together with its foreign-intelligence service HVA, was dissolved in December 1989 what became the final home of the vast remnants of its even vaster records?

A
The Stasi Records Agency
B
Das Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archives)
C
Deutsche National Bibliothek (German National Library)
D
The Stasi Museum
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Q7. Pol Pot became the de facto leader of which country in mid-1975, forcing city dwellers to relocate to the countryside to work in collective farms and forced labor projects, toward a goal of "restarting civilization" in "Year Zero", which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 to 2.5 million people, approximately 21% of the population?

A
Egypt
B
India
C
China
D
Cambodia
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