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History Quiz #9

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 16 March 2009

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Q1. When was the Euro first used as a unit of currency?

A
1998
B
2000
C
1999
D
1996
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Q2. Nelson beat Napoleon's fleet, which lost 13 of 17 ships, in which battle in Aboukir Bay on 1 August 1793?

A
Battle of El Alamein
B
Battle of Trafalgar
C
Battle of the Nile
D
Battle of Lissa
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Q3. Which chief laid siege to Fort Detroit in 1763, an action that led to widespread rebellion against colonists in the area around Ohio and Illinois?

A
Pontiac
B
Cadillac
C
Potomac
D
Buick
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Q4. What organisation, formed by Reverend John Flynn and based in Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, began in 1928?.

A
Seventh Day Adventist Church
B
Salvation Army
C
Society for the Protection of Australian Marsupials
D
Royal Flying Doctor Service
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Q5. Who, with his crew, was credited as being the first person to circumnavigate the continents of North and South America, including a transit of the Northwest Passage?

Note: This question was updated in October 2016
A
Sir John Franklin
B
Roald Amundsen
C
Captain Buchan
D
Sir Robert McClure
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Q6. According to Roman legend, which son of Ceres was turned into a river in Tartarus which supplied the Titans with water in their battle with the gods?

A
Hermes
B
Charon
C
Acheron
D
Orpheus
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Q7. What phrase used by the US during the Cold War to justify American intervention around the world, suggested that if any country came under the influence of communism, the surrounding countries would follow?

A
Cold War
B
Good Neighbours
C
Domino Theory
D
The Grand Design
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