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Q1. Vercingétorix is celebrated as having united which peoples to oppose the conquests by Roman forces led by Julius Caesar?

A
Lusitanians
B
Teutons
C
Carthaginians
D
Gauls
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Q2. Who identified "The Four Freedoms" (freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear) in a message to the US Congress?

A
George Washington
B
F D Roosevelt
C
Abraham Lincoln
D
George W Bush
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Q3. During WW II German official policy was developed to eliminate all Jews and all Gypsies, as well as actively eliminate homosexuals and those deemed mentally defective. As well as 6 million Jews it is generally accepted that the Nazi regime was responsible for a further how many deaths under these policies?

A
1.5 million
B
Half a million
C
100,000
D
Over 10 million
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Q4. Mount Fuji is believed to have formed in four distinct phases, the most recent about how many years ago?

A
500
B
1,500,000
C
1,000
D
10,000
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Q5. Which English road in Anglo-Saxon times went from Axminster via Bath, Cirencester, Leicester and Newark to Lincoln?

A
Watling Street
B
Fosse Way
C
Iter II
D
Stone Street
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Q6. A law prior to 1920 regulating the speed of vehicles on the road in the UK required somebody to do what in addition?

A
Walk beside the vehicle to warn horses
B
Install a speedometer
C
Carry a red flag or lantern ahead of the vehicle
D
Install windscreen wipers
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Q7. Although the position was not officially designated as such for nearly 200 years who was the first person (in 1721) unofficially called the Prime Minister of the British Parliament?

A
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
B
Sir Horace Walpole
C
Benjamin Disraeli
D
Sir Robert Walpole
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