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?
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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
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?
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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?
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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?
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Q7.
The "Missouri Compromise" allowed which state to join the USA in 1820 to balance the admission of Missouri?
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