History Quiz #389
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 27 June 2016
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Q1.
Which of these is one of the 7 letters used by the Romans to signify numbers?
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Q2.
Between which countries was the War of the Pacific fought?
C
Chile and a united Bolivia and Peru
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Q3.
After a kangaroo court trial in 1989 which European leader and his wife were then executed by firing squad?
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Q4.
What, the first of its kind in Britain, was established by John Tate in Stevenage, Hertfordshire in 1489?
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Q5.
The "seven Champions of Christendom" were St George, St Andrew, St David, St Patrick, St Denys, St James and which other?
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Q6.
Which Scottish order of Knighthood was founded by James II in 1687 and dedicated to St Andrew?
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Q7.
In 1949, in the last stages of the Chinese Civil War, Mao Zedong announced the creation of the People's Republic of China in which newly named capital of the Republic?
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