History Quiz #399
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 5 September 2016
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Q1.
The Treaty of Versailles signed in 1871 marked another step in what for the signatories?
A
End of the first British Empire
B
France's and Vietnam's agreement to military support in exchange for trade advantages
C
Founding of the German Empire
D
Establishment of monarchy in united Italy
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Q2.
The USA purchased Alaska in 1867 from which country?
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Q3.
Which ship transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from Southampton and then Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620?
Note: This question was updated in April 2022
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Q4.
First imposed in England in 1696 what tax was repealed in 1851?
D
Tax on a second pair of shoes
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Q5.
What, among many other things, did the HMS Challenger expedition of 1872-76 discover?
B
A previously unknown bat, Syconycteris hobbit, the Moss-forest Blossom Bat
D
Part of the Mariana Trench and one of the deepest known places on the ocean floor
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Q6.
What was the main form of transport used by the Japanese army in their invasion of Singapore in World War II?
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Q7.
The phrase "beyond the pale" refers to the history of which country?
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