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History Quiz #375

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 21 March 2016

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Q1. In 2015 Swiss explorers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg completed what?

A
A voyage by sampan from Vancouver to Vietnam
B
Submarine sailing of the complete length of the mid-Atlantic rift at sea-floor level
C
The first half of the first around the world zero-fuel, solar-powered flight
D
Scaling every mountain peak over 8,000 m
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Q2. Which country became a separate state in 1890 after having been, since 1443, part of Burgundy, Spain, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands?

A
Luxembourg
B
Andorra
C
Liechtenstein
D
Poland
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Q3. What event led to a US grand jury indicting E. Howard Hunt, Jr. and G. Gordon Liddy for conspiracy, burglary and violation of federal wiretapping laws?

A
Lewinsky scandal
B
Iran contra scandal
C
Watergate
D
ABSCAM
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Q4. On 26 December 2004 Aceh in Sumatra, Indonesia, was devastated by what?

A
A forest fire
B
A mid-air low-level collision of three planes
C
90% of the people died in an explosion at a nuclear power plant
D
A tsunami
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Q5. Who was the first President of the French Fifth Republic?

A
Alain Pohen
B
Georges Pompidou
C
Charles de Gaulle
D
Michel Debré
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Q6. A nationalist organisation, subsequently with paramilitary initiatives, was formed in 1959 with what name?

A
Euskal Herritarrok
B
Batasuna
C
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna
D
Aukera Guztiak
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Q7. Why did Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles delay their wedding by a day?

A
To change the venue from Windsor Castle to the Guildhall outside its walls
B
A technicality with the law covering civil marriages in England (i.e. the Marriage Act of 1836)
C
The death of Pope John Paul II
D
The Queen, as Supreme Governor of the Church of England, could not be present at a civil wedding
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