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History Quiz #329

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 4 May 2015

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Q1. What is the popular name of the legal situation regarding the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the USA between 1919 and 1933?

A
Problem drinking
B
Six O'Clock Swill
C
Prohibition
D
Las Vegas Syndrome
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Q2. Under whose watch were fishing vessels in Tasmania, Australia, first required to be registered?

A
William Saville-Kent, from the UK
B
Harald Kristian Dannevig, from Norway
C
Sir Henry Parkes, from the UK
D
David George Stead, from Australia
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Q3. Which major Roman road in England linked London to the Fosse Way, passing through Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring, Aylesbury and Bicester before changing direction towards the south-west, passing Woodstock and Witney to the north before heading into Cirencester?

A
Via Devana
B
Ermine Street
C
Akeman Street
D
Watling Street
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Q4. John Adams, second President of the newly independent United States of America, was also which of these?

A
Author of "Watership Down" and "The Plague Dogs"
B
President of Sinn Féin
C
Pitcher in American National League baseball
D
First American Ambassador to Great Britain
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Q5. In which century was the Panama Canal opened?

A
20th
B
12th
C
21st
D
17th
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Q6. What modern-day country was ruled between 1902 and 1964 by Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud and his son, Emir Saud?

A
Saudi Arabia
B
Kuwait
C
Palestine
D
Lebanon
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Q7. In what conflict did King Richard I of England (the Lionheart) die in 1199?

A
The Third Crusade in the Holy Land
B
Suppressing a revolt in the Limousin, France
C
The annexation of Cyprus
D
The Hundred Years' War
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