History Quiz #161
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 13 February 2012
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Q1.
Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the US Constitution sets out 3 main qualifications for someone to be eligible for president: a natural born citizen of the USA, at least 35 years old, and which other?
C
A permanent resident in the USA for at least 14 years
D
Own at least 14 acres of US land
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Q2.
On October 24, 1901, 63-year-old Michigan school teacher Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to go where in a barrel ?
B
Down the Mississippi River
C
Off the top of the Empire State Building
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Q3.
The Battle of Balaclava was in which war?
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Q4.
What name is given to the ancient preserved dead bodies found in Egypt?
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Q5.
What was the nickname for the Boeing B-17 long-range bomber used in World War II?
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Q6.
The Elgin Marbles, currently in the British Museum, came from which building?
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Q7.
Which of these empires consisted mostly of Germany and northern Italy?
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