History Quiz #316
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 2 February 2015
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Q1.
Opened in February 1907, what was built on the site of Newgate Prison?
D
Criminal Courts of Justice, Old Bailey
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Q2.
In 1990 a strip of land seceded from its then parent country and called itself Transnistria, or Trans-Dniester; what is the parent country?
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Q3.
What word did the Romans have for the City of London?
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Q4.
What Indian word was used by the Portuguese for army servants and became applied by British to Asiatic seamen?
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Q5.
An article of the Swiss constitution dating from 1850 established what?
A
The end of military foreign service
C
The regulations for cuckoo-clock making
D
A pact with Germany's Third Reich
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Q6.
Which country, after its Act of Union agreement expired, held a four-day plebiscite in 1944 and became an independent republic on 17 June 1944, with Sveinn Björnsson as the first President?
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Q7.
British marine biologist William Saville-Kent's work in Australia is credited in the development of which of these?
A
Salmon fishing in Tasmania
B
A national marine research laboratory in Poland
C
Blister and spherical cultured pearls of commercial quality
D
The Parramatta Industrial School for Girls
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