History Quiz #123
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 23 May 2011
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Q1.
What private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA, was founded as a women's college in 1861, and became coeducational in 1969?
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Q2.
What 1918 Act of the US Congress forbade the use of "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the US government, its flag, or its armed forces or that caused others to view the US government or its institutions with contempt, and allowed the Postmaster General to refuse to deliver mail that met those criteria?
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The Homeland Respect Act
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Q3.
Where was the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting held in the year 2000?
B
People's Republic of China
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Q4.
The killing of 58-year-old Robert Krentz and his dog, shot on 27 March 2010 on his ranch roughly 19 miles (31 km) from the Mexican border, led to increased public support for a bill to combat illegal immigration in which US State?
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Q5.
What was a Roman road from York to Scotland near the Firth of Forth?
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Q6.
Which country declared itself to be independent from Great Britain on 2 July 1776?
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Q7.
After sporadic visits by European explorers and merchants from the 17th century onwards, the eastern half of which continent was claimed by the British in 1770, and officially settled as a penal colony on 26 January 1788?
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