History Quiz #90
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 4 October 2010
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Q1.
Pepys, Wesley, Evelyn and Greville have what famous items in common?
Note: This question was updated in September 2015
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Q2.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the 9th king of the House of Chakri, became the longest reigning current monarch in the world during his reign of which country from 1946?
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Q3.
ABBA named a song after which battle?
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Q4.
What is the name of the London theatre named after a mineral spring discovered in 1683 when a music house was built there?
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Q5.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was born on which island?
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Q6.
Which country gained its independence from Australia on 16 September 1975?
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The Torres Strait Islands
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Q7.
Where was the landing of the main invasion force on the Italian peninsula in World War II by the allied army (comprising the U.S. Fifth Army and the British Eighth Army) on 9 September 1943?
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