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History Quiz #144

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 17 October 2011

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Q1. World War I was triggered as a full-blown war when the United Kingdom declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914, when Germany invaded which country?

Note: This question was updated in September 2018
A
Sweden
B
Belgium
C
Switzerland
D
Poland
Select from the options above.
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Q2. Gee Jon. a member of the Hip Sing Tong criminal society from San Francisco, California, sentenced to death for the murder of an elderly member from another gang in Nevada, was the first person in the US to do what?

A
Escape from Alcatraz prison
B
Be executed by lethal gas
C
Be given a presidential pardon
D
Die of natural causes while on Death Row
Select from the options above.
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Q3. What did Sweyn Forkbeard do for revenge on the English after the St. Brice's Day massacre, when Danes in the Kingdom of England were killed on St Brice's day (13 November) in 1002 AD, as ordered by King Æthelred the Unready?

Note: This question was updated in May 2019
A
He killed all the English in Denmark
B
He invaded and eventually became king
C
He burnt down the city of (what now is) York
D
He sailed up the Thames and destroyed the English navy
Select from the options above.
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Q4. After the mutiny on the "Bounty", Fletcher Christian and his men took women from where to colonise Pitcairn Island?

A
Hawaii
B
Tahiti
C
New Caledonia
D
Fiji
Select from the options above.
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Q5. General Stanley Allen McChrystal, who had led all forces in Afghanistan since 15 June 2009, was relieved of his command on 23 June 2010 after he made unflattering remarks about US presidential administration officials in an article in which magazine?

A
GQ
B
Rolling Stone
C
Vanity Fair
D
Time
Select from the options above.
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Q6. The House of Representatives of which country unanimously voted to become a secular and inclusive democratic republic on 28 May 2008, giving the King 15 days to vacate the palace, to re-open it as a public museum?

A
Thailand
B
China
C
Nepal
D
Laos
Select from the options above.
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Q7. In the late 18th century, Pennsylvania built a presidential palace in a futile effort to have Philadelphia made the permanent national capital. What happened to it?

A
It was demolished
B
It was turned into a museum
C
It was bought by the University of Pennsylvania
D
It was used as the state Governor's mansion
Select from the options above.
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