History Quiz #886
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Q1. On 31 May 1910, which of these was created?
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Q2. In 1786 a site near Paris was consecrated as the "l'Ossuaire Municipal" for what purpose?
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Q3. Where are the sites of the elaborately planned and sophisticated 4th and 3rd millennia BCE urban settlements of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro?
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Q4. Miners trapped underground in Chile in August 2010 received help and advice from which of these organisations?
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Q5. The de facto first Governor-General of India, Warren Hastings, was impeached in 1786 (and acquitted) on his return to England, on what grounds?
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Q6. Which island has belonged to Carthage, Rome, the Saracens, the King of Aragon, the Dukes of Savoy, United Italy under Victor Emmanuel and was granted autonomous government in 1947?
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Q7. Which of these is a Middle Eastern mythical giant bird?
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