History Quiz #415
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 26 December 2016
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Q1.
When was the Euro first used as a unit of currency?
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2
Q2.
Charles Lindbergh became famous by flying which aeroplane?
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3
Q3.
Who, with his crew, was credited as being the first person to circumnavigate the continents of North and South America, including a transit of the Northwest Passage?
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4
Q4.
The Greeks constructed hippodromes for holding what events?
B
Fights with African animals
C
A form of Sumo wrestling
D
Chariot and horse races
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5
Q5.
Rod Blagojevich was alleged to have solicited personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the US Senate after Barack Obama resigned because he had been elected President of the USA. He was the Governor of which US state?
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Q6.
French aviator Louis Bleriot was the first to do what in an aeroplane on 25 July 1909?
A
Cross the English Channel
B
Cross the Atlantic Ocean
C
Fly over the North Pole
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Q7.
The reign of Isabella I of Spain and her husband King Ferdinand II were responsible for which of these?
A
Sponsoring Christopher Columbus on an expedition to reach the Indies by sailing west
B
Conquest of Granada, last of the Muslim holdings in Spain
D
The Spanish Inquisition
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