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History Quiz #308

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 8 December 2014

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Q1. According to Greek mythology, who accompanied Jason on his journey to find the Golden Fleece?

A
Astronauts
B
Argonauts
C
Cosmonauts
D
Dreadnoughts
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Q2. What was the dolphin that accompanied vessels near French Pass, a channel used by ships sailing between Wellington and Nelson, New Zealand between 1888 and 1912?

A
Davina
B
Opo
C
Pelorus Jack
D
Taniwha Blue
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Q3. Which city was founded in 763, ravaged by the Mongols in 1258, taken by the Turks in 1636, and occupied by the British from 1917 to 1932?

A
Nazareth
B
Cape Town
C
Beirut
D
Baghdad
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Q4. Which country was under the influence of the USSR immediately following World War II until 1990 when Wojciech Jaruzelski resigned as president and was succeeded by Lech Wałęsa?

A
China
B
Poland
C
Japan
D
The Philippines
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Q5. The publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1852 aroused much public feeling about what issue in the USA?

A
Slavery
B
Housing
C
Public education
D
Women's suffrage
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Q6. What was the popular name for the Paris prison at 232 Rue Saint-Antoine that was stormed during the French Revolution in 1789?

A
Castile
B
Bastille
C
Chenille
D
Pastille
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Q7. Pol Pot became the de facto leader of which country in mid-1975, forcing city dwellers to relocate to the countryside to work in collective farms and forced labor projects, toward a goal of "restarting civilization" in "Year Zero", which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 to 2.5 million people, approximately 21% of the population?

A
Egypt
B
India
C
China
D
Cambodia
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