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History Quiz #285

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 30 June 2014

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Q1. Which international treaties of 1899 and 1907 cover the use of weapons in war?

A
Geneva Convention
B
Hague Conventions
C
Berne Convention
D
The Treaties of Utrecht
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Q2. Who led the Dutch colony of New Netherlands in America until surrendering it to the British in 1664?

A
Pieter Bruegel
B
Peter Minuit
C
George Vancouver
D
Peter Stuyvesant
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Q3. What name was given to a series of treaties between Scotland and France, aimed specifically against England, that began in 1295 and lasted until 1560?

A
Franco-Scottish Community
B
The "Jack and Jean"
C
Entente cordiale
D
The Auld Alliance
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Q4. Which is the guillotine most popularly associated with?

A
Fox hunting
B
Trimming books
C
French Revolution
D
Scientific research
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Q5. Which British admiral and statesman was the last Viceroy of the British Indian Empire and the first Governor-General of the independent Union of India?

A
Admiral Lord Nelson
B
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
C
Duke Ellington
D
Lord Louis Mountbatten
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Q6. Which prophetess, the daughter of Priam, King of Troy, was killed following the fall of Troy by Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra?

A
Helen
B
Salome
C
Cassandra
D
Jocaster
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Q7. Who was declared president by both houses of the US Congress because there was no precedent or clear constitutional rule for a vice president to assume the office of president upon the death of his predecessor?

A
John Tyler
B
John Quincy Adams
C
William Henry Harrison
D
Ronald Reagan
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