History Quiz #395
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 8 August 2016
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1
Q1.
What was the name of the meeting that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787?
A
The Philadelphia Convention
D
The Washington Conference
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2
Q2.
On 3 November 1902 a telephone cable was opened between Vancouver, Canada, and where?
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3
Q3.
What disaster occurred on the San Andreas Fault in 1906?
D
San Francisco earthquake
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4
Q4.
Which calendar was different from its predecessor because leap years did not fall on years divisible by 100 unless they were also divisible by 400?
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5
Q5.
Which chief laid siege to Fort Detroit in 1763, an action that led to widespread rebellion against colonists in the area around Ohio and Illinois?
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6
Q6.
How did Boudica (also spelled Boudicca or Boadicea), Queen of the Iceni, die in 63 AD?
B
An arrow through her right eye
C
Pushed off the Cliffs of Dover
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7
Q7.
Which of these is the name of a gallows, last used in 1783, that used to stand near what is now Marble Arch in London, England?
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