History Quiz #277
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 5 May 2014
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Q1.
Austro-Hungarian Theodore Herzl was the first leader of what international movement?
A
International Whaling Commission
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Q2.
When was the first trans-Atlantic telephone cable service opened?
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Q3.
Which country, after Sultan Hussein Shah signed a treaty with the British East India Company on 6 February 1819, officially became a British colony on 2 August 1824 by a new treaty with the Sultan and the Temmenggong?
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Q4.
From the 1850s up to WW I, passport requirements effectively disappeared in the UK and Europe. What is understood to have led to this?
A
Use of an alternate system based on the developing science of fingerprint ID
B
Increasing moves towards Entente Cordiale
C
Increasing affluence from industry led to a more mobile middle class which demanded ease of movement
D
Rapid expansion of railway travel
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Q5.
In Greek mythology Argus Panoptes, guardian of the heifer-nymph Io and son of Arestor, was a primordial giant described as having multiple, often one hundred, what?
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Q6.
Which Greek city was also known as Lacedaemon?
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Q7.
Which of these events occurred during the Crimean War?
A
The Siege of Sevastopol
B
The Battle of the Somme
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