History Quiz #96
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 15 November 2010
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Q1.
After watching US president Barack Obama giving a speech, David Letterman commented that it was nice to have a president who could pronounce which word?
Note: This question was updated in January 2017
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Q2.
Which of these was a city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of Baghdad?
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Q3.
What tourist facility, occupying more than 85 acres, opened in Anaheim, California, in 1955?
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Q4.
According to Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend, who, in Silene, Libya, saved a princess from a dragon by capturing it, and led it to the king, promising to kill it if his people converted to Christianity?
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Q5.
What was the main form of transport used by the Japanese army in their invasion of Singapore in World War II?
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Q6.
In 1979, Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed when a IRA bomb exploded where?
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Q7.
Where in London was the first Globe Theatre built in 1599?
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