History Quiz #241
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 26 August 2013
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Q1.
Who is the next in this series: Mary Ann Nichols ("Polly") , Annie Chapman ("Dark Annie", maiden name Eliza Ann Smith) , Elizabeth Stride ("Long Liz"), Catherine Eddowes (also known as "Kate Conway", "Kate Kelly" and "Mary Ann Kelly") ... ?
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Mary Jane Kelly (called herself "Marie Jeanette Kelly", nicknamed "Ginger")
B
Margaret Thatcher ("The Iron Lady")
C
Peggy Lee ("The Queen")
D
Billie Holiday ("Lady Day")
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Q2.
US TV personality Jerry Springer was once mayor of which city?
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Q3.
Who emigrated to the USA in 1842, opened a detective agency in Chicago in 1861, and organised the US Secret Service?
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Q4.
Leif Ericson, a Norse explorer regarded as the first European to land in North America before Christopher Columbus, established a settlement at Vinland, which has been tentatively identified as being where?
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Q5.
What Spanish city became famous in the middle ages for swords and fine steel?
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Q6.
According to Greek mythology, Penelope was whose faithful wife?
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Q7.
In which country, independent since 10 October 1970, have there been four coups: two in 1987 (when the military began ruling directly or heavily influencing governments), one in 2000 and one in late 2006?
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