History Quiz #891
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Q1. Which was NOT a site of any of the three Punic Wars fought between Rome and Carthage?
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Q2. Which ship transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from Southampton and then Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620?
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Q3. Emperor Napoleon III commissioned what monument from the sculptor Aimé Millet, which was installed in 1865 in Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France?
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Q4. Which country declared war on the British Empire in 1812 due to British restrictions to impede its trade, the forced recruitment of its citizens into the Royal Navy and British support for some of its indigenous people who were fighting them?
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Q5. What term was popularised in the books "The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man" (1962) and "Understanding Media" (1964) by Marshall McLuhan to describe how the instantaneous movement of information from every quarter to every point at the same time has heightened human awareness of responsibility?
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Q6. What forces were involved in the Battle of Omdurman 1898?
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Q7. Until 2026, who was the only president of the USA to serve non-consecutive terms?
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