History Quiz #115
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 28 March 2011
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Q1.
The "Dome of Discovery" was built on London's South Bank for which occasion?
A
Festival of Britain, 1951
B
Millennium Celebrations, 2000
C
The Great Exhibition, 1851
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2
Q2.
In 1989, there was a peaceful transfer of power to non-Communist governments in East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and which other country?
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3
Q3.
What strike of 1,400 women and girls was caused by poor working conditions in the Bryant & May factory in 1888?
B
London matchgirls strike
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4
Q4.
In India in the 1930s, the left wing nationalist party was run by Subhas Chandra Bore, and Gandhi's followers were in the centre. What was the main right wing party?
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Q5.
In which year did the South African government lift the ban on the African National Congress, the Pan Africanist Congress, the South African Communist Party and the United Democratic Front, and release Nelson Mandela from prison?
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Q6.
How did Vesna Vulovic make history in 1972?
A
She was electrocuted on stage at a concert at the Isle of Wight
B
She survived a fall of over 10,000 metres from an aeroplane
C
She was the first woman to win a pie-eating contest in the USSR
D
She gave birth to 10 children: dectuplets
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Q7.
The most renowned oracles were Zeus (at Dodona) and Apollo. Where was Apollo based?
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