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History Quiz #245

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 23 September 2013

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Q1. Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, a Renaissance man of many talents, is well-known for his writings on politics but was also a well-known politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, letter writer, playwright, poet, songwriter, and what else?

A
Juggler
B
Historian
C
Keeper of badgers
D
Cyclist
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Q2. "Operation Market Garden" took place in the Netherlands and Germany during which war?

A
War of Attrition
B
World War II
C
The Crusades
D
The American Civil War
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Q3. In which city was the Reichstag burnt down in 1933?

A
Ankara
B
Amsterdam
C
Berlin
D
Moscow
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Q4. Glencoe, Praga, Peterloo, Waterloo Creek, and Hue are names given to what?

Note: This question was updated in June 2021
A
Music festivals
B
Battles
C
Massacres
D
University cities
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Q5. In 1884 Pope Leo XIII published the encyclical "Humanum Genus", which denounced a number of beliefs and practices such as popular sovereignty and the separation of church and state, in relation to which group in particular?

A
Falun Gong
B
Seventh Day Adventists
C
Freemasons
D
Composers of light operas
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Q6. Cardinal Richelieu founded what institution in 1634?

A
The Louvre Art Gallery
B
La Sorbonne University
C
The French Academy
D
The La Leche League
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Q7. The "Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests In The Atmosphere, In Outer Space And Under Water", known as the "Partial Test Ban Treaty", "Limited Test Ban Treaty" and "Nuclear Test Ban Treaty", introduced in 1963, was signed by a number of countries including the UK, the USA and which other?

A
North Korea
B
China
C
France
D
USSR
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