History Quiz #138
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 5 September 2011
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Q1.
What was the purpose of explorer Captain, then Lieutenant, James Cook's first voyage to the south Pacific Ocean in 1768?
A
Claim possession for Britain of as many Pacific islands as possible
B
Take a scientific team to observe the transit of Venus
C
Investigate volcanic activity on the Hawaiian islands
D
Discover a northern passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic
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Q2.
Which wonder of the ancient world was at Babylon?
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Q3.
What native language would Jesus Christ have spoken?
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Q4.
Beginning in the late 15th century, expeditions mainly from Britain and which other country explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast of Canada?
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Q5.
Which festival in honour of a Roman god was forbidden in Rome in 186 BC?
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Q6.
The Great Sphinx of Giza in Egypt is a statue of a reclining mythical creature with a lion's body and the head of a what?
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Q7.
Which of these wars is the earliest in which gunpowder was used in heavy artillery weapons?
A
Napoleonic Wars (from 1803 to 1815)
B
Hundred Years' War (from 1337 to 1453)
C
The War of the Spanish Succession (from 1701 to 1714)
D
The First Crusade (from 1096 to 1099)
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