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Q1. Which War of Independence was fought between 1821 and 1829, the outcome of which is celebrated on 25 March as Independence Day?

A
Greek
B
Italian
C
Irish
D
Romanian
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Q2. Following the San Remo Conference in 1920, mandates were declared for Allied powers from World War I to administer the previously Ottoman territories of Palestine, Syria and which other?

A
Saudi Arabia
B
Mesopotamia
C
Iran
D
Turkey
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Q3. The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering gave which 2,460 m (8,070 ft) long, 343 m (1,125 ft) high cable-stayed bridge its 2006 Outstanding Structure Award?

A
Yi Sun-sin Bridge, South Korea
B
Millau Viaduct, France
C
Great Belt Bridge, Denmark
D
Forth Road Bridge, UK
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Q4. Which British monarch was the first to celebrate a diamond jubilee?

A
Victoria
B
Elizabeth II
C
Elizabeth I
D
George V
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Q5. The Pennsylvania General Assembly voted in March 1780 to approve what?

A
A ban on the sale of sugar
B
A ban on greyhound racing
C
An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery
D
Demobilising their armed forces
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Q6. In which country were 29 miners killed after 2 explosions in the Pike River Mine in November 2010, making it the most-deadly mining disaster there in 96 years?

A
Brazil
B
China
C
Chile
D
New Zealand
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Q7. What happened on La Noche Triste (Night of Sorrow), or (depending on the point of view) La Noche Victoriosa in July 1520?

A
The city-states of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan formally allied against the Spanish
B
The Aztecs drove Hernán Cortés and allies from the Aztec capital city Tenochtitlan
C
Submission of the only independent Muslim Emirate of Granada to Castile
D
The Battle of Guinea between Portugal and Spain over rights in the Atlantic and West Africa
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