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Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 15 June 2009

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Question 1: How did General George S Patton, responsible for a number of US victories in World War II, die?

A
Old age in a rest home in Philadelphia in 1958
B
As the result of a car accident near Heidelberg, Germany, in 1945
C
In a plane crash off the coast of Japan in 1946
D
Assassination in Manila, The Philippines, in 1945