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?
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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
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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
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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?
C
The Valley of the Kings
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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?
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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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