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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?

A
The Hague
B
Geneva
C
Vienna
D
London
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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?

A
1930s
B
1950s
C
1890s
D
1900s
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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
A
Southhampton
B
Plymouth
C
Dover
D
Liverpool
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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
D
Start a crusade
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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?

A
A world-wide rug glut
B
Invasion by Iraq
C
Death of the Shah's father
D
Persian Oil Dispute
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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?

A
Carboniferous
B
Triassic
C
Cretaceous
D
Devonian
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