History Quiz #384
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 23 May 2016
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Q1.
When British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton led an expedition 1914-17, in the course of which his men spent time on Elephant Island, what was the aim of the expedition?
A
To reach the South Pole
B
To cross Antarctica from sea to sea via the South Pole
C
To climb Mount Erebus in Antarctica
D
To establish a new record for reaching farthest south (success was at latitude 88°S)
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Q2.
How many different Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland were there between 1840 and 1900?
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Q3.
In 146BCE Rome sacked Carthage and what other major city?
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Q4.
What was the first known contact by Europeans with the people of the islands known at one time as New Hebrides?
A
Martinique trader Peter Dillon in 1825
B
British explorer James Cook in 1774
C
French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1768
D
Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernandes de Queirós in 1606
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Q5.
Who was the last British monarch to die in battle?
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Q6.
George Fox is associated with the founding of which religion?
A
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
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Q7.
During the Cold War, what Eastern European alliance was the equivalent of NATO?
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