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History Quiz #135

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 15 August 2011

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Q1. How did Nigerian man Umar Farouk Abdulmutallah make world news on 25 December 2009?

Note: This question was updated in October 2022
A
Trying to blow up an aeroplane
B
Finding, by e-mail, someone to share his family fortune
C
Shooting down Santa's sleigh
D
Leading US police on their longest recorded car chase
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Q2. What was "The Hindenburg Line"?

A
A system of defences in northeastern France during World War I
B
A rope to secure an airship to the ground
C
A dynasty of German kings
D
A disaster prophesied to occur when all planets were aligned on the same side of the sun
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Q3. Which of Britain's Labour Prime Ministers was in office for the longest continuous term and the longest time overall?

A
Tony Blair
B
Clement Attlee
C
Harold Wilson
D
James Callaghan
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Q4. Until Tony Blair's prime ministership, which of Britain's Labour Prime Ministers was in office for the longest continuous term?

A
Ramsay MacDonald
B
Harold Wilson
C
James Callaghan
D
Clement Attlee
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Q5. The Cultural Revolution was a period of widespread social and political upheaval between 1966 and 1976, resulting in nation-wide chaos and economic disarray in which country?

A
Vietnam
B
Burma
C
Indonesia
D
The People's Republic of China
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Q6. Which country became independent from the United Kingdom on 14 August 1947, and became a republic in 1956?

A
Sri Lanka
B
Bangladesh
C
India
D
Pakistan
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Q7. Which city, since the 14th century BC, has been controlled by Israelites, Judaeans, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Hasmoneans, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Mamluks, Turks, and the British and for a short time after World War II was occupied by Israel and Jordan?

A
Jerusalem
B
Tyre
C
Carthage
D
Athens
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