History Quiz #332
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 25 May 2015
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Q1.
In medieval times, what was a chapman?
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2
Q2.
Where were the Wyandot people settled prior to European contact?
A
In the St Lawrence valley, North America
B
In the Caucasus Mountains
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3
Q3.
The name My Lai was associated in 1968 with what?
Note: This question was updated in April 2017
A
A popular new dress style
C
A massacre by American troops during the Vietnam War
D
The theft of a large diamond
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4
Q4.
The Emperor Charlemagne famously clashed with the Basques in 778 CE in which of these?
A
The plains of Agincourt
B
The valley between the Fedyukhin Heights and the Causeway Heights, Crimea
C
Pass of Roncevaux, the Pyrenees
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Q5.
King Kamehameha V, Walter M. Gibson, Queen Liliʻuokalani, John L. Stevens, Sanford Dole and James Henderson Blount were figures in the history of which area in the late 19th century?
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Q6.
The naval Battle of Trafalgar (1805) was part of the confrontation by Britain and its allies of the forces of which supreme military commander?
B
King Joseph Bonaparte of Spain
C
Chancellor Otto von Bismarck of Prussia
D
Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte of France
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Q7.
What is Spartacus famous for doing?
A
Drinking the senate under the table
D
Leading a slave rebellion
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