History Quiz #352
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 12 October 2015
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Q1.
Traditionally, the champion of an English King or Queen rode at the coronation into Westminster Hall and challenged anyone who denied their right to succeed. At whose coronation was this tradition last observed?
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Q2.
Where was the decisive battle on 24 June 1314 where Robert Bruce defeated Edward II's army and secured the independence of Scotland at that time?
Note: This question was updated in February 2024
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Q3.
Which weapon, common in the 14th and 15th centuries and still carried by the Yeomen of the Guard in Britain, consisted of a pike and an axe on a 5 foot long staff?
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Q4.
What was the fate of Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian who helped Germany to invade and conquer Norway in 1940?
A
He was assassinated outside his house
B
He was convicted of treason and shot
C
He was drowned in his bath by British agents
D
He was accidentally killed in the invasion
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Q5.
Which people(s) are believed to have been the first to import metal artefacts and, possibly, use woven fabric in the British Isles?
D
Hallstatt and early La Tène culture
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Q6.
Which British organisation, started in 1939 under Basil Dean and disbanded in 1946, represented the mobilisation of the entertainment industry?
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Q7.
According to Virgil's Latin epic poem "The Aeneid", who, during the Trojan War, made a wooden horse and filled it with soldiers that the Trojans took through the gates of Troy?
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