History Quiz #225
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 6 May 2013
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Q1.
How did US president William McKinley die in 1901?
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Q2.
In 2003, a congestion charge was introduced to reduce traffic volumes in which city centre?
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3
Q3.
The legendary Hercules was said to have what quality?
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Q4.
The Peloponnesian War, fought around 430 to 405 BC, was primarily a conflict between the city state of Athens and people from where?
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Q5.
Possession of what was made illegal in California, the first part of the USA to do so, on 6 October 1966?
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Q6.
What do the US Declaration of Independence, Captain Cook's sailing to discover the North-West Passage, the publication of economist Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, and the first St Leger Stakes horse race at Doncaster, UK, have in common?
A
Horses were a important element in all of them
B
They were extremely popular with all concerned
C
They became the source for nursery rhymes
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Q7.
The Bill of Rights was passed by the Parliament of England in which century?
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