History Quiz #347
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 7 September 2015
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Q1.
Why did Captain James Cook give the name "The Sandwich Islands" to the Hawaiian Islands on his discovery of them on 18 January 1778?
A
They were first sighted by Jim Sandwich, the crewman on watch
B
He was eating lunch on the forecastle
C
On the horizon, they looked like a sandwich
D
He named them for John Montagu
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Q2.
How was Marie Antoinette killed?
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Q3.
Which of these battles is the most recent?
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Q4.
In 1434, Portuguese mariner Gil Eanes made a major breakthrough to obtain a reliable trade route to Western and Eastern Africa and India by finding a route around which cape?
Note: This question was updated in July 2020
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Q5.
Which of these battleships did not return to service after being attacked at Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941?
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Q6.
Which of these was not an ancient Egyptian god?
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Q7.
The refugee camps Shatila and Shabra, the scenes of a massacre in 1982, were in which country?
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