History Quiz #268
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 3 March 2014
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Q1.
Which of these ships is the largest?
A
HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
B
HMS Endeavour, used for James Cook's first Pacific voyage, 1768-71
C
The "Golden Hind", captained by Sir Francis Drake for his global circumnavigation, 1577-1580
D
RRS Discovery, used by Robert F. Scott & Ernest Shackleton on their journey to the Antarctic, 1901
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Q2.
France has officially been an Empire under two people from which family?
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Q3.
When was Vatican City, the smallest independent sovereign state in the world, established?
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Q4.
Which country voted in November 2012 to work to become the 51st state of the USA?
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Q5.
The Gunpowder Plot, planned for 5 November 1605, was an attempt by a group of Catholics to blow up the English parliament and which monarch?
C
William I (William the conqueror)
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Q6.
What secret organisation of Irishmen in the Scranton Anthracite Mining district of Pennsylvania 1865 - 1875, was in violent conflict with the mine owners?
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Q7.
Deliberate use of concentration camps and starvation for civilians as a military policy marked which of these?
Note: This question was updated in August 2023
C
The War of the Gargantuas
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