History Quiz #315
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 26 January 2015
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Q1.
Where was the Congress held in 1814-15, chiefly between Britain, France, Russia, Austria and Prussia, that adjusted frontiers after the fall of Napoleon?
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Q2.
With what decade was the Dust Bowl, the period of prolonged dust storms and severe drought, in the USA and Canada mainly associated?
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Q3.
"Patriotism is not enough. I must have no bitterness or hatred towards anyone" was said on what occasion?
A
By Mahatma Gandhi while protest fasting in Yerwada Jail
B
By Joan of Arc before being burnt at the stake in Rouen
C
By Robert Falcon Scott just before dying in the Antarctic
D
By Nurse Edith Cavell before her execution in World War I
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Q4.
Where did the "Mayflower", carrying the Pilgrim Fathers, early settlers to Massachusetts, America, sail from in 1620?
Note: This question was updated in April 2022
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Q5.
What did Edgar the Atheling spectacularly fail to do in England in 1066?
Note: This question was updated in November 2021
A
Drive the Danes out of England
B
Succeed to the throne vacated by the deaths of Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson (Harold II)
C
Command the tide not to come in
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Q6.
In what is now Iran in 1951 to 1954, what led to the Shah fleeing the country, the Prime Minister trying to dissolve parliament, crude oil being imported from Kuwait, and a breakdown of diplomatic relations with Britain and the USA?
C
Death of the Shah's father
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Q7.
What name is given to the age at the end of which the extinction event happened which saw the end of the dinosaur?
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