History Quiz #282
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 9 June 2014
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Q1.
Who, in 1960, made international news for banging his shoe on a table in the UN?
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Q2.
The death of which dictator, closely associated with revolution and with World War II, happened in 1953 while he was in office as leader of his country?
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Q3.
Who was the first US president to visit the People's Republic of China and when did he do it?
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Q4.
Which of these modern-day countries was not one of those ruled by the King of Denmark in 1297?
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Q5.
In which month do the Russians celebrate the October revolution?
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Q6.
In 1978, after escaping from Iran, where was the Ayatollah Khomeini granted political asylum?
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Q7.
Leon Trotsky, who had been Russia's foreign secretary from 1918 under Lenin, was exiled to Siberia in 1927 after Lenin's death. How did he die?
A
Shot by Russian forces as a spy, 1944
B
Worked to death in a gulag, 1931
C
Assassinated in Mexico, 1940
D
Shot while defending Stalingrad,1944
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