History Quiz #201
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 19 November 2012
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Q1.
Which US president declared the first national Mother's Day in the USA?
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Q2.
Under the Treaty of Breda (31 July 1667), negotiated to end the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch kept the colony of Suriname conquered from the English, and left the English with what area of land?
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Q3.
Because of a disputed election result in December 2010, two candidates, Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, were separately sworn in as the winner of the presidential election in which country?
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Q4.
In 1963, US President Johnson imposed a 25 % tax (almost 10 times the average) on potato starch, dextrin, brandy, and light trucks, resulting in VW vans and pickups disappearing from the U.S. market. Why?
Note: This question was updated in January 2021
A
Bribery of his officials by the auto industry ("Motorgate")
B
France and West Germany had placed tariffs on imports of US chicken
C
To strengthen his position regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement
D
Lack of a public expression of sympathy by West Germany after the Kennedy assassination
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Q5.
What was the "Haymarket Massacre" in 1886?
A
A bomb exploded in the New Zealand Embassy, in London
B
Rival gangs had a shoot out in New York streets
C
Chicago police fired on striking workers
D
A herd of 300 cows in Alberta, Canada, were poisoned
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Q6.
On 24 July 2010 at least 19 people are killed and 100 others injured in a stampede at which music festival in Duisburg, Germany?
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Q7.
What caused the sinking of the British ship "The Royal Oak" on the night of 13 and 14 October 1939?
B
Torpedos from a submarine
C
Kamikaze attacks launched from an aircraft carrier
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