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History Quiz #193

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 24 September 2012

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Q1. What is commemorated in Great Britain by Trafalgar Day every 21 October, and by the name of Trafalgar Square in London?

A
The first colony in Africa
B
A 19th century sea battle
C
A 20th century land battle
D
Advances in medical science
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Q2. Where was the Battle of Hastings, which took place on 14 October 1066 between the Norman army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army of King Harold II?

A
Epping Forest
B
The woods of Tramecourt
C
Senlac Hill
D
Hamburger Hill
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Q3. What was the first land passage between Manhattan Island and Brooklyn that, on its opening in 1883, became the longest suspension bridge in the world and its towers the tallest structures in the Western Hemisphere?

A
Brooklyn Bridge
B
Golden Gate Bridge
C
Washington Bridge
D
George Washington Bridge
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Q4. King Umberto II ruled Italy for thirty-four days from 9 May 1946 to 12 June 1946. What caused his reign to end?

Note: This question was updated in February 2021
A
He died of natural causes ("old age"), 7 weeks after his father
B
He was assassinated by partisans on the way to Turin
C
A public referendum decided Italy should be a republic
D
He abdicated to marry an American divorcee
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Q5. What was the code name for the German invasion of Russia in World War II?

A
The Crimean War
B
Operation Sea Lion
C
The Manhattan Project
D
Operation Barbarossa
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Q6. The Romanov Dynasty (Peter I, Catherine I, Peter II, Anna, Ivan VI, Elizabeth, Peter III, Catherine II the Great, Paul I, Alexander I, Constantine I, Nicholas I, Alexander II , Alexander III and Nicholas II) ruled which country?

A
India
B
Iraq
C
Russia
D
Turkey
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Q7. In Norse mythology, who was best known for carrying a hammer?

A
Freyr
B
Thor
C
Loki
D
Odin
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