History Quiz #131
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 18 July 2011
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Q1.
What Roman road, which began to be constructed in 312 BC, connected Rome to Brindisi in southeast Italy?
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Q2.
During the reign of Ashurbanipal who reigned in the seventh century BC, the Susa-Babylon highway became the first recorded example of what?
A
Road with posts for "staged" horses
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Q3.
What was the main activity of a group founded in 1970 by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, and Ulrike Meinhof?
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Q4.
Who became the first President of the French Republic by popular vote in 1848, became dictator after a coup in 1851, then ruled as "Emperor of the French" from 1852 to September 1870, when he was captured in the Franco-Prussian War?
C
Louis-Philippe of France
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Q5.
Which of these historical figures is most associated with the year 1431?
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Q6.
In 1904 the Russian cruiser "Rossia" used what, the first time it was used by a warship on the high seas during a time of war?
B
Aeroplane catapulted off the deck
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Q7.
What was the name given to an insurrection (the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798) led by schoolteacher and barrister Patrick Pearse from 24 April to 30 April 1916, with the aim of establishing the Irish Republic?
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