History Quiz #180
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 25 June 2012
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Q1.
When Winston Churchill said "Now this is not the end, nor is it even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning", which event was he talking about?
A
The Charge of the Light Brigade
C
The Battle of the Bulge
D
The Second Battle of El Alamein
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Q2.
P B S Pinchback was the first non-white and first person of African American descent to become governor of a US state, serving for 35 days from 9 December 1872, to 13 January 1873. Which state was this?
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Q3.
Besides the assassination of US president John F Kennedy, what happened on 22 November 1963?
A
The Beatles play at a Royal Variety Command Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London
B
John Lennon's first son, Julian, is born
C
The album "With the Beatles" is released in London
D
The Beatles play their last-ever gig at The Cavern, Liverpool
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Q4.
The historically significant "Wind of Change" speech was made by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on 3 February 1960 to the Parliament of which country?
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Q5.
On 11 May 2010 David Cameron was asked by Queen Elizabeth II to form a government and, as Prime Minister of the UK, announced that he wished to lead a formal coalition of the Conservative Party and which other party?
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Q6.
Pirates operating off the coast of which country took over $100 million in ransom payments between 2007 and 2009?
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Q7.
What name was given to the predominant type of 20th-century battleship, with an 'all-big-gun' armament & steam turbine propulsion, that was named after the first of the kind, launched by the Royal Navy in 1906?
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