History Quiz #325
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 6 April 2015
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Q1.
Leonid Brezhnev led the Soviet Union as General Secretary then as Chairman of the Presidium, the longest term as leader since Josef Stalin; who was his immediate successor?
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Q2.
Where did the 2014 Umbrella Revolution happen?
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Q3.
Che Guevara was among the revolutionaries who invaded which country with the intention of overthrowing its US-backed dictator in December 1956?
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Q4.
Immediately prior to the United States Congress activated in 1789, the governing body was called what?
A
Continental Congress of the United Colonies
B
United States Congress under the Articles of Confederation
D
The Witenagemot of the United States
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Q5.
Marat, Robespierre, Danton are names associated with what event at the end of the 18th century?
B
Founding of the Académie Française
D
The Tulip Era in the Ottoman Empire
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Q6.
Erik the Red from Norway founded the first successful Norse settlement on Greenland, and then his son Leif continued the tradition of exploring west and landed where?
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Q7.
In which country was there a civil war which lasted several decades following independence in November 1975, when three main guerrilla groups, the FNLA, MPLA and UNITA, fought each other?
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