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History Quiz #114

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 21 March 2011

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Q1. Between 1973 and 1979, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Nur Mohammad Taraki, Hafizullah Amin and Babrak Karmal were presidents of which country?

A
Iraq
B
Saudi Arabia
C
Afghanistan
D
Iran
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Q2. What was the nickname of the British army regiment called "The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)"?

A
The Death or Glory Boys
B
The Crossbelts
C
The Green Horse
D
The Skins
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Q3. In 1930, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina began a thirty-one year dictatorship of where?

Note: This question was updated in June 2018
A
Honduras
B
Nicaragua
C
Dominican Republic
D
Guatemala
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Q4. What are the first words of The Gettysburg Address, a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War?

A
When in the course of human events ....
B
Four score and seven years ago ...
C
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed ...
D
To be or not to be, that is the question ...
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Q5. Mutesa I (1835-1884), Mwanga II (1867-1903), Daudi Chwa II (1896-1939) & Sir Edward Mutesa II (1924-1969), four previous kabakas (kings of Buganda), are buried at which UNESCO World Heritage Site?

A
The Kasubi Tombs
B
Kakadu
C
The Valley of the Kings
D
Deir el-Medina
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Q6. On May 21, 2009, Apa Sherpa set a new record for the most ascents of Mt Everest. How many times had he reached the top?

A
110
B
200
C
2
D
19
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Q7. The Caroline Norton court case highlighted the injustice of what British law?

A
Royalties on intellectual property were discretionary only
B
Most assets acquired by a wife went to her husband
C
A woman could not decline a proposal of marriage from a nobleman
D
Hours of work were different for men and women
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