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Q1. Which of the discoveries made by the 17th and 18th century British navigator and explorer William Dampier was of particular help to Captain James Cook and Horatio Nelson?

A
Notes on the fauna and flora of north-western Australia
B
The first data on currents, winds and tides across all the world's oceans
C
Observations and analysis of natural history
D
Observations on the east coast of New Holland
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Q2. What right of a defendant was last used in "Ashford v Thornton", an 1818 English legal case that was a private appeal from an acquittal for murder?

A
Trial by combat
B
To remain silent
C
A woman can refuse to testify against her husband
D
To challenge potential jurors
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Q3. Around the beginning of the 17th century, the first what were circulated in the West?

A
Results of international sporting fixtures
B
Comparisons of hotels worldwide
C
Lists of veterinarian surgeons
D
Printed regular public newspapers
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Q4. The "canary girls" in Britain worked during what period?

A
World War I (1914-18)
B
1830s and 1840s prior to the Mines and Collieries Act 1842
C
The Luddite movement 1811-1816
D
Crimean War (1853-56)
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Q5. Which establishment owes much to the offer by Sir Hans Sloane in 1758 for England to purchase his collections?

A
Harrow College
B
Madam Tussauds
C
St Martin in the Fields
D
British Museum
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Q6. From 752 BCE to 664 BCE the Kings of Kush in Nubia, ruled over what other area as well?

A
Kenya
B
Ethiopia
C
Libya
D
Egypt
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Q7. The phrase "beyond the pale" refers to the history of which country?

A
Ireland
B
India
C
Wales
D
South Africa
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