History Quiz #372
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 29 February 2016
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Q1.
In Ovid's poem "Metamorphoses" Pygmalion famously fell in love with Galatea; what was Pygmalion's relationship to her?
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2
Q2.
What is the alternative name for Pluto, the Greek God of the underworld, that has come to mean Hell?
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3
Q3.
What was the name given to the group of people in the English Midlands who destroyed machinery in 1811 - 1812, believing it to be the cause of their unemployment?
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4
Q4.
It is home to the Bayerische Staatsoper, Staatsorchester and Staatsballet, was burned down in 1823, rebuilt and re-opened 1825, bombed and destroyed 1943 and re rebuilt and re-opened 1963; what is it?
A
National Theatre, Mannheim
B
Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Bayreuth
C
Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe
D
National Theatre, Munich
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5
Q5.
Which of the following did Alan Shepard do on the moon in 1971?
B
Put a shrimp on the barby
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6
Q6.
Where did the Eureka Rebellion happen?
C
Eureka, California, USA
D
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
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Q7.
When South Sudan was established as an country independent of Sudan in 2011 how was this done?
B
A truce between warring factions
C
Military action overseen by the East African Community
D
By edict from the religious leader of Sudan
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