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History Quiz #130

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 11 July 2011

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Q1. What event, devised by Jennifer McCreight, took place on 26 April 2010 in response to reports that Hojatoleslam Kazem Seddiqi, Friday Prayer Leader for Tehran in Iran, had blamed earthquakes on women who dress immodestly?

A
Ho R U
B
Slag Day
C
Iran dress down day
D
Boobquake
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Q2. Daniel O'Connell did what in 1828 and 1829 as part of a campaign to remove the restrictions on Roman Catholics in the UK?

A
He stood for election
B
He broke windows in the Houses of Parliament
C
Tried to hang himself in prison
D
Attempted assassinations of the Prime Minister
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Q3. In Greek mythology, who were the band of heroes who accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece?

A
Agrodomes
B
Astronauts
C
Armenians
D
Argonauts
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Q4. The Schengen Agreement, a treaty signed between five states of the European Community in 1985, provided for the removal of what?

A
Border controls between countries
B
Nuclear weapons
C
The Berlin Wall
D
Military bases in Asia
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Q5. What French political scandal involved the sentencing of an artillery officer to life imprisonment for treason in 1894, who was exonerated and reinstated to the French Army in 1906 after the discovery that the French government had fabricated evidence?

A
The East End Murders
B
The Esterhazy Papers
C
The Dreyfus Affair
D
The Entente Cordiale
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Q6. Peter The Hermit is known for leading what group in 1095?

A
The King's Barbershop Singers
B
The First Crusade
C
The Gunpowder Plot
D
The London Symphony Orchestra
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Q7. What was the name given to regulations governing import tariffs designed to protect the prices of cereal crops prices in Britain against competition from less expensive foreign imports between 1815 and 1846?

A
The Act of Succession
B
The Cat and Mouse Act
C
The Act of Union
D
The Corn Laws
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