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?
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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?
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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?
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?
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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?
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