History Quiz #292
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 18 August 2014
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Q1.
When UK scientist Sir Timothy Berners-Lee finalised and implemented the first world wide web page on the internet at the end of 1990, for whom was he solving a problem?
A
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, USA
B
European Organisation for Nuclear Research, Switzerland
C
Wide Area Information Servers, Massachusetts, USA
D
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Illinois, USA
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Q2.
What was the first finished product to roll off Henry Ford's moving assembly line established in 1913?
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Q3.
Hebrew Noah, Babylonian Atrahasis and Sumerian Ziusudra were all known in their respective Epics for having which common preoccupation?
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Q4.
In Greek legend, who, the last king of Troy, was the father of Hector and Paris?
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Q5.
The War of the Pacific 1879-1883 was fought where?
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Q6.
In which country did the USA provide information to a 1963 coup, against General Abd al-Karim Qasim the then Prime Minister of the country?
Note: This question was updated in August 2015
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Q7.
The Treaty of Brussels, the precursor to NATO and a basis for WEU, was signed on 17 March 1948 by Belgium, France, the UK, the Netherlands and which other nation?
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