History Quiz #194
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 1 October 2012
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Q1.
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for King Khufu as a what?
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Q2.
Which English King was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
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Q3.
Who was the last English king from the House of Normandy, succeeded by Henry II in 1154, the first of the Plantagenets?
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Q4.
Which country held its bicentennial celebrations in 1976?
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Q5.
The "Byzantine Empire" is the term used since the 19th century to describe the Roman Empire of the Middle Ages, centred on its capital, where?
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Q6.
World War I took place mostly on what continent between 1914 and 1918?
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Q7.
Where did the Phnom Penh stampede occur, on 22 November 2010 when 378 people died and upwards of 755 more were injured?
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In a motorway underpass
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