History Quiz #216
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 4 March 2013
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Q1.
What name was commonly used for the struggle that emerged after World War II between capitalism and communism that centred around the USSR & the USA and their partners, that lasted from about 1947 to 1991?
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Q2.
In what year did Sweden change its laws to allow a woman to inherit the throne, USSR stage its first rock festival, the border officially re-open between Spain and Gibraltar, Iceland democratically elect its first woman president, and the 10.14 mile (16.32km) long St Gotthard Road Tunnel open in Switzerland?
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Q3.
What decade saw the Russian revolution which overthrew the existing government and established the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, the world's first constitutionally socialist state?
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Q4.
Which of these historical figures is most associated with the year 1306?
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Q5.
The Iron Cross was awarded to soldiers in World Wars I and II by which country?
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Q6.
Speculation about the possibility of a southern land mass has been around for at least 2,000 years. When was the first recorded sighting of the Antarctic continent?
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Q7.
Poland was partitioned in 1795 and again in 1815. In 1918 what happened?
A
It raised a monument to Napoleon
B
It invited its old monarchy back
C
It asserted a copyright to Copernicus's discoveries
D
It regained its independence, as the Second Polish Republic
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