History Quiz #390
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 4 July 2016
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Q1.
The second Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld, died in office in 1961 and became subsequently one of only four people to receive a posthumous Nobel Peace Prize. How did he die?
B
Stabbed in a street in Sweden
C
A bomb exploded in his car
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Q2.
Vercingétorix is celebrated as having united which peoples to oppose the conquests by Roman forces led by Julius Caesar?
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Q3.
When were England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland termed a Commonwealth?
D
Under Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector
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Q4.
Who was the last Empress of All the Russias?
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Q5.
What was ordered by Pope Paul IV in 1555 to be set up on the left bank of the Tiber?
A
Religious statue that was not a human form
C
Public park containing shrubs and seats but no playing areas
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Q6.
From 1922 to 1937, what name was given to the area of Ireland that was more independent than the rest of the island ?
C
The Republic Of Ireland
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Q7.
What ancient people, whose major cities were Tyre and Sidon, founded Carthage?
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