History Quiz #330
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 11 May 2015
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Q1.
The term "coalition of the willing", to describe military and / or humanitarian interventions for which the UN Security Council cannot agree to mount a full UN peacekeeping operation, was not applied to which of these?
A
The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003
B
The Australian-led INTERFET operation in East Timor
D
Possible operations against North Korea during the 1994 stand-off over nuclear weapons
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Q2.
In 2010, Veera Musikapong, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Khattiya Sawasdiphol, Suthep Thaugsuban, Prompong Nopparit, Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd, Natthawut Saikua and Buranaj Smutharaks were prominent in the politics of which country?
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Q3.
The Bering Sea is named after what or whom?
A
Vitus Bering, a Danish navigator in Russian service, the first European to explore it
B
A misspelling of "bear", after the large colony of bears who lived on the Alaskan shores
C
A experimental bee farm on its islands, which failed because of difficulties with climate
D
To distinguish it from Barents Sea
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Q4.
Who was the 11th and 12th century ruler of Georgia, celebrated by Georgians as their most successful, leading them out from Turkish domination, reuniting the country, and subsequently being canonised by the Georgian Orthodox Church?
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Q5.
Which did not happen during the counter-Reformation initiative in the Christian Church, the Council of Trent in Italy 1545-1563?
A
The beheading of the Protestant Charles I King of England, Scotland and Ireland
B
The accession of the Protestant Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland
C
The accession of the Catholic Mary I Queen of England and Ireland
D
Final peace signed to 65 years of turmoil in the Italian Wars
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Q6.
Which empire, established in and around Cappadocia, was powerful in Asia Minor from 1400 to 1200 BC?
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