History Quiz #222
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 15 April 2013
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Q1.
In the time of the British Empire, India was referred to by Britain as what?
B
The Land that Time Forgot
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Q2.
When was the eastern part of Australia claimed by Great Britain?
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Q3.
Chuck Yeager in a plane first broke the sound barrier in level flight in 1947, Joseph Kittinger set a time in 1960 of 4m 37s in free fall from a height of 19.5 miles and reached a speed of 614 mph. On 14 October 2012 Austrian Felix Baumgartner set new records, which of these was not among them?
Note: This question was updated in October 2018
A
First freefall to break the sound barrier
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Q4.
In Roman mythology, when, on the dethronement of Saturn, Jupiter and his brothers divided his dominions, who got the realms of the dead?
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Q5.
Ulysses is the Roman name for which Greek king?
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Q6.
Shah Jahan directed the construction of which from 1632 to 1648?
A
Vivekananda Rock Memorial
B
Global Vipassana Pagoda
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Q7.
Who were the Persians defeated by in the sea battle at Salamis in 480BC?
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