History Quiz #287
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 14 July 2014
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Q1.
On February 13 2008 the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, delivered a formal apology to the Stolen Generations. What was he referring to?
A
Descendants of people sent to Australia as convicts
B
Children who were expatriated from the UK during WW II and not returned
C
Children of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who were taken from their families 1909-1970
D
Children taken from single mothers in the 1950s and 1960s
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Q2.
After the signing of the Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913, Mubarak Al-Sabah was recognised by the Ottomans and British as the ruler of the autonomous caza of which city and its hinterlands?
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Q3.
The eruption of Mt Tarawera in New Zealand almost destroyed the natural wonder, the Pink and White Terraces. When did this happen?
A
Three years after the globe-changing 1883 eruptions at Krakatoa
B
1912, the same time as the Mt Pinatubo, Philippines, eruption
C
Four years before the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, Indonesia
D
The year following the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, USA
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Q4.
On a state visit to Britain in 2003, US President Bush was welcomed by a salute of how many guns?
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Q5.
King Harold was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 when an arrow went into what part of his body?
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Q6.
The oldest still operating national parliament in Europe governs which country?
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Q7.
At 9.00 a.m. on 27 August 1896, after Khalid bin Bargash ignored a British ultimatum to leave the Beit al Hukum Palace, Royal Navy ships opened fire. Khalid's troops returned fire. A cease fire was declared at 9.45 a.m., giving the bombardment the title of "The Shortest War in History". Where was this?
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