History Quiz #382
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 9 May 2016
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Q1.
Olof Palme was assassinated in 1986 when he was Prime Minister of which country?
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Q2.
Who, in the 6th century BCE, was the last king of Lydia, Solon, who made war on Cyrus, King of Persia, and was defeated?
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Q3.
If clergy, using the old Roman names, were travelling in the 11th century from Hibernia to Caledonia where, in present terms, would they be travelling from to?
D
Switzerland to Scotland
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Q4.
The Belgian Revolution, that began after a performance at the Brussels opera in 1830, led to the secession of the Southern provinces of which kingdom to establish an independent Kingdom of Belgium?
A
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
C
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
D
The Kingdom of Portugal
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Q5.
Which English road in Anglo-Saxon times went from Axminster via Bath, Cirencester, Leicester and Newark to Lincoln?
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Q6.
In what country did the Boxer War, or Boxer Rebellion, happen?
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Q7.
The last four nations to join the United Nations 193 members are Switzerland (2002), Timor-Leste (2002), Montenegro (2006) and which other nation?
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