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History Quiz #87

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 13 September 2010

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Q1. Who was behind the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, a failed attempt to overthrow the government?

A
Francisco Franco
B
Benito Mussolini
C
Adolf Hitler
D
Mao Tse Tung
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Q2. What is the unofficial name for the 'crisis' that arose after the resignation of Lord Melbourne in 1838, when Robert Peel was offered the opportunity of forming a government but resigned as Prime Minister, resulting in the return of Lord Melbourne as Prime Minister until the 1841 General Election?

A
The Peel Depression
B
The Bobby Dazzler
C
The Melbourne Corn Exchange
D
The Bedchamber Crisis
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Q3. Where did United Airlines flight 93, hijacked by terrorists on 11 September 2001, crash?

A
Nevada
B
Washington DC
C
New York City
D
Pennsylvania
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Q4. 17 year old Zac Sunderland made the world's news in July 2009 for doing what?

A
Eating thre world record number of hot dogs
B
Setting off a bomb in Jakarta's Ritz-Carlton Hotel
C
Sailing around the world solo
D
Free-jumping from the Empire State Building
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Q5. Che Guevara is associated with the history of which of these countries?

A
Somalia
B
Italy
C
India
D
Cuba
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Q6. Pedro Lascuráin had the shortest Presidency of less than one hour (sources quote ranges between 15 and 55 minutes), of which country, thus giving it three presidents in one day on 18 February 1913?

A
France
B
Greece
C
Austria
D
Mexico
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Q7. Salvador Allende, General Augusto Pinochet and the "Caravan of Death" are all connected with the history of which country in the 1970s and 1980s?

A
Myanmar
B
Mexico
C
Chile
D
South Korea
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