History Quiz #164
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 5 March 2012
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Q1.
Events at Appomattox Court House were one of the events that heralded the end of which war?
B
American War of Independence
D
War of the Spanish Succession
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2
Q2.
What title, meaning "general", was held by Japan's military commanders from 1192 to 1867?
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3
Q3.
What were Scotsmen prohibited from wearing 1746-1782 under the Highland Garb Act, after the rising in Scotland in 1745?
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4
Q4.
Between 1821 and 1832 the Greeks fought to become free of which Empire?
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Q5.
Whit Monday (also known as Pentecost Monday, "the second day of Pentecost" or "the second Whitsun") observed in most European countries and some former British colonies, especially in the Pacific, commemorates what type of event?
C
Birth of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
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6
Q6.
Which of these buildings used to be a Paris prison?
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Q7.
Which one of these countries is not a permanent member of the UN Security Council, with the power to veto any substantive resolution?
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