History Quiz #200
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 12 November 2012
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Q1.
What programme run by the US Government since 1961 involves volunteers who work abroad for 24 months in the areas of education, business, information technology, agriculture & the environment?
A
Central Intelligence Agency
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Q2.
What are Gray's Inn, Lincoln's Inn, The Inner Temple and The Middle Temple, all in London?
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Q3.
What was the name given to the line of German defences that ran across Italy from east to west just north of Florence?
Note: This question was updated in October 2022
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Q4.
Which inn that stood on the east side of Borough High Street in Southwark accommodated pilgrims headed on annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, and is mentioned in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales"?
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Q5.
The minting of which English gold coin began in 1663, and ceased in 1817?
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Q6.
In 1835, why did Richard Lawrence, an unemployed housepainter from England, fail in the first attempt to kill a sitting President of the US, Andrew Jackson?
A
Jackson rode past too quickly and Lawrence missed
B
He tripped on the kerb and shot both his own feet
C
The horse Lawrence was sitting on bolted at the critical moment
D
Both his pistols misfired
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Q7.
The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington, D.C. in 1949 by Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, UK, US, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Canada and which other country?
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