History Quiz #373
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 7 March 2016
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Q1.
In 1997 Bougainville gained autonomy within Papua New Guinea, after negotiations brokered by what country?
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Q2.
The "Entente Cordiale", signed on 8 April 1904, was a pact to resolve all outstanding issues that were outstanding between France and which other country?
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Q3.
When was the latest recorded outbreak of black death, or bubonic plague, the pandemic that swept through and ravaged Asia and Europe in the 14th century?
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Q4.
Which coin was first minted by Henry III in 1249, and not withdrawn from circulation until 1887?
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Q5.
What object, containing 14 lines of hieroglyphs, 32 of demotic and 54 of Greek, was a key to deciphering writing from ancient Egypt?
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Q6.
In 2011 the capture and killing of Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi changed the political landscape in which country?
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Q7.
The earliest known example of what was built by Micah, according to Judges 17, verse 5?
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