History Quiz #213
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 11 February 2013
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Q1.
Which western country was the first to extend the right to vote in national elections to women?
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Q2.
Which country, after the collapse of its government-owned bank and via a referendum, decided in March 2010 not to pay Great Britain and the Netherlands the €3.9 billion that it owed them?
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Q3.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) installed as First Consul in France by 1800 and crowned Emperor of France 1804, was born where?
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Q4.
Argentina invaded UK's Falkland Islands, Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, Canada became officially independent of the UK, Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the USSR, died, all in what year?
Note: This question was updated in December 2016
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Q5.
On 31 October 1941, the USS Reuben James, a post-World War I four-funnelled Clemson-class destroyer, became the first US Navy ship to do what?
B
Successfully cross the Atlantic during World War II
C
Be sunk by hostile action in World War II
D
Support a major deep-sea diving operation
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Q6.
What caused the end of the last kingdom of Italy?
D
The Allies who prevailed in WW II deposed the monarch
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Q7.
Which of these was the last to come into effect?
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