History Quiz #136
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 22 August 2011
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Q1.
Where did the "Hindenburg disaster" take place?
Note: This question was updated in October 2018
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Q2.
What was the favourite vegetable of Catherine de Medici, who, when she left Florence to marry the king of France, brought her own cooks, who could prepare it in the ways that she especially liked?
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Q3.
What was the last battle where a British monarch led troops into battle?
Note: This question was updated in December 2018
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Q4.
Where was the industrial accident on 2-3 December 1984 that caused the deaths of 3,000 to 16,000 people, for which 7 ex-employees were convicted in June 2010 and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment & a fine of about US$2,000 each?
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Greenham Common, England
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Q5.
Peter Phillips, the only son of The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips, and the eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, married Autumn Kelly in 2008. Where did they meet?
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Q6.
When did homosexuality between consenting adults cease to be illegal in England and Wales?
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Q7.
What country was forced to withdraw from the British Commonwealth in 1961 and was reinstated in 1994?
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