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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?

A
The Big Freeze
B
The Mexican Stand-Off
C
The Cold War
D
The Gulf
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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?

A
1990
B
1970
C
1987
D
1980
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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?

A
1810s
B
1910s
C
2010s
D
1950s
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Q4. Which of these historical figures is most associated with the year 1306?

A
Marie Antoinette
B
Elizabeth I
C
Robert the Bruce
D
Charles I
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Q5. The Iron Cross was awarded to soldiers in World Wars I and II by which country?

A
Italy
B
France
C
Germany
D
Russia
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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?

A
1905
B
1540
C
1820
D
1775
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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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