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History Quiz #60

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 8 March 2010

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Q1. In 1935, which city was chosen to replace Livingstone as the capital of the British colony of Northern Rhodesia, and is now the capital of Zambia?

A
Addis Ababa
B
Bulawayo
C
Lusaka
D
Pretoria
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Q2. From the 15th century onward, which country took control of Ceuta (North Africa), Madeira, the Azores, Goa (India), Brazil, Ormuz (in the Persian Strait), Malacca (now part of Malaysia) and Macau (China)?

Note: This question was updated in January 2022
A
Canada
B
Samoa
C
Portugal
D
Japan
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Q3. Which civilisation left clearly identifiable traces dating from 2600 BCE, with cities on what are now the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Honduras and Southern Mexico and still survives in language today?

Note: This question was updated in December 2019
A
Toltec
B
Aztec
C
Maya
D
Safesec
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Q4. On 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian-Serb student and member of Young Bosnia, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Bosnia, which led to the start of which war?

A
American Civil War
B
World War II
C
World War I
D
Hundred Years' War
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Q5. George Fox is associated with the founding of which religion?

A
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
B
Seventh Day Adventists
C
Mormons
D
Plymouth Brethren
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Q6. What was the acronym for the headquarters of the strategic command set up in 1951 to co-ordinate the armed forces of NATO?

Note: This question was updated in July 2017
A
SMERSH
B
SPECTRE
C
SHAPE
D
SHAEF
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Q7. What is the name for the massacre of the French ruling class while in church by local people at Palermo in 1282 that started a revolution that spread to other parts of the country?

A
The Crush of the Huguenots
B
St Valentine's Day Massacre
C
Bloody Sunday
D
Sicilian Vespers
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