History Quiz #121
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 9 May 2011
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Q1.
When Winston Churchill wrote "Before this, we had no victory and after it we had no defeats", which event was he talking about?
A
The Charge of the Light Brigade
C
The Battle of the Bulge
D
The Second Battle of El Alamein
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Q2.
The "Don't Make a Wave Committee" founded in the early 1970s by Jim & Marie Bohlen, Irving & Dorothy Stowe, Paul Cote and Robert & Bobbi Hunter grew into what organisation?
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Q3.
Which of these is an important date in the US election process?
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4
Q4.
What was the first French settlement in North America?
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Q5.
Which of these is not a name given to the period in the history of the Papacy during the first half of the tenth century, beginning with the installation of Pope Sergius III in 904 and lasting for sixty years until the death of Pope John XII in 964?
D
The Rule of the Harlots
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Q6.
When Charles I was beheaded, and contrary to custom, the words "Behold the head of a traitor!" were not said when his head was held up and exhibited to the crowd. Revolutionary leader Oliver Cromwell ordered what else to occur that was unusual after such a beheading?
A
The Beefeaters to shout "Charlie wuz da man!"
B
The head to be sewn back onto the body
C
An honour guard to accompany the body into the Tower of London
D
All the spectators to sing "Abide With Me"
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Q7.
On 12 June 2009, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected as president of which country?
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