History Quiz #261
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 13 January 2014
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Q1.
According to Malory and Tennyson who was the son of Lancelot and Elaine, raised by nuns and knighted on his arrival at Camelot?
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Q2.
What was unusual at the time about the newspaper published on board the liner Etruria in the mid Atlantic Ocean in February 1903?
A
It was based on news reports transmitted from Britain by radio
B
It was the first to be printed with Indian Ink
C
It was printed on linen
D
It was entirely written daily by Joseph Pulitzer: his first job
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Q3.
He led the Kuomintang for five decades, was born in Zhejiang on the east coast of China and died in Taipei; who was he?
B
Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925)
C
Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975)
D
Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997)
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Q4.
In the first two decades of the 20th century a number of European and USA expeditions were made, eventually successfully, to where?
D
The source of the Amazon River
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Q5.
Who was the daughter of Mahomet and his first wife Kadijah?
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Q6.
In ancient Rome, what was the title of a magistrate who was next in importance to a consul?
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Q7.
Prior to the coming of William the Conqueror in 1066 where was the capital of England situated?
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