History Quiz #145
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 24 October 2011
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Q1.
On 14 November 1910, Eugene Burton Ely was the first to do what in an aeroplane?
C
Land on a wet concrete runway
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2
Q2.
The Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the US Constitution came about after what event?
B
American War of Independence
C
USA entering World War I
D
The assassination of president John F Kennedy
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3
Q3.
Ivan the Terrible was a czar of what country?
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4
Q4.
The Volstead Act, that became law in the USA on 28 October 1919, concerned what?
B
Restrictions on immigration
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5
Q5.
What is the title of the patriotic anthem by Julia Ward Howe that contains the line "His truth is marching on"?
B
The Star Spangled Banner
C
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
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Q6.
Where was the Maguindanao massacre on 23 November 2009, when 58 victims, including a politician's wife, his two sisters, journalists, lawyers, aides, and motorists who were witnesses, were kidnapped and brutally killed?
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Q7.
What was the name given to people who went to California to join in the goldrush in the mid 19th century?
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