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Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 26 March 2012

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Question 1: In December 2010, Continental Airlines was found criminally responsible for which airline disaster by a Parisian court and was fined €200,000 and ordered to pay Air France €1 million, while Continental mechanic John Taylor was given a 15-month suspended sentence?

A
Airbus A330-200, Flight 447, 1 June 2009
B
Cityline Bombardier DHC-8, Flight 5634, 6 January 1993
C
Airbus A330-300, test flight, 30 June 1994
D
Concorde, Flight 4590, 25 July 2000