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History Quiz #207

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 31 December 2012

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Q1. On 12 November 1991 pro-independence student demonstrators in Dili who were protesting the Indonesian occupation of East Timor were shot at by Indonesian forces, killing at least 250. Where were they at the time?

A
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Vila Verde
B
Universidade Nacional de Timor-Leste
C
The Santa Cruz cemetery
D
Government Palace
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Q2. What land, a British colony for 155 years, and occupied by Japan briefly in WW II, was ceded to the People's Republic of China in 1997?

A
Hong Kong
B
New Zealand
C
Canada
D
Gibraltar
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Q3. What was the Roman name for Ireland?

A
Cambria
B
Caledonia
C
Hibernia
D
Gaul
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Q4. What ancient civilization was centred in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal regions of modern day Lebanon, Syria and Israel?

A
Phoenicia
B
Carthage
C
Troy
D
Athens
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Q5. What colour connects 29 October 1929, 19 October 1987 and 22 November 1963 in US history?

Note: This question was updated in December 2020
A
Red
B
Black
C
Orange
D
White
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Q6. An act passed on 5 July 1900 and given Royal Assent by Queen Victoria on 9 July 1900 led to what milestone in the constitutional history of Australia?

A
Protection for the short-beaked echidna
B
Votes for aboriginals
C
Creation of the Commonwealth of Australia
D
Amnesty for all involved in the destruction of the native people of Tasmania
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Q7. When was the ICC, official base in The Hague in the Netherlands, established?

A
1993
B
1945
C
1989
D
2002
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