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History Quiz #251

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 4 November 2013

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Q1. Which American revolutionary leader wrote the influential pamphlet "Common Sense" in 1776?

A
Ben Franklin
B
Thomas Paine
C
Thomas Jefferson
D
George Washington
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Q2. What organisation, formed by Reverend John Flynn and based in Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, began in 1928?.

A
Seventh Day Adventist Church
B
Salvation Army
C
Society for the Protection of Australian Marsupials
D
Royal Flying Doctor Service
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Q3. Between 500 and 850 AD, often referred to as the Dark Ages, the 7 kingdoms into which England was supposedly divided (the Heptarchy) were Wessex, Mercia, Kent, Essex, East Anglia, Sussex and which other?

A
Northumbria
B
Orkney
C
Iceni
D
Watford
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Q4. The US Congress passed legislation in late June 2008 to provide Mexico with $400 million and Central American countries with $65 million in a relation to what activity?

A
Keeping the Panama Canal serviceable
B
Combating drug trafficking, organised crime & money laundering
C
Conservation of forests and national parks
D
Restoration of World Heritage Sites
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Q5. Which of these is a mythical bird that rose from the ashes of a fire?

A
Dodo
B
Bird of paradise
C
Phoenix
D
Partridge
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Q6. Of those currently independent, which country was the first to give (and not subsequently revoke) full voting rights country-wide to women?

A
Canada
B
New Zealand
C
Norway
D
Switzerland
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Q7. The "Missouri Compromise" allowed which state to join the USA in 1820 to balance the admission of Missouri?

A
Maryland
B
Minnesota
C
Maine
D
Mississippi
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