History Quiz #228
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 27 May 2013
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Q1.
Who was Prime Minister of the UK on 28 March 1979, when the House of Commons passed a Motion of No Confidence, forcing a general election that was won by Margaret Thatcher?
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Q2.
To what office in the USA was Henry Kissinger appointed in 1973?
D
National Security Advisor
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Q3.
In 1957 Luxembourg, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy joined together to form what?
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Q4.
The catastrophic disaster at a plant in Chernobyl in the Ukraine in April 1986 is described as what kind of accident?
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Q5.
The British conquest of which country began in 1824 in response to its attempt to invade India, and from 1886 to 1937 was administered as a province of British India when it became a separate, self-governing colony?
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Q6.
Who was the first and only British Prime Minister to be assassinated in office?
Note: This question was updated in December 2017
A
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
B
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
C
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
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Q7.
Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union?
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