History Quiz #435
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 15 May 2017
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Q1.
When was the first recorded ascent of Mount Fuji by someone who is not Japanese?
Note: This question was updated in February 2018
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Q2.
A famous US trial in 1950 involved Whittaker Chambers and who else?
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Q3.
Where was the Yushin Constitution introduced in 1972, dramatically increasing presidential powers in the area and creating a virtual dictatorship?
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Q4.
Madeleine Albright was appointed by Bill Clinton as the USA's first woman to hold what position?
A
Head of the Supreme Court
C
Ambassador to Great Britain
D
Ambassador to the United Nations
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Q5.
The Boer War was fought in which country?
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Q6.
When then self-governing Belize gained full independence from the United Kingdom in 1981, 1,500 UK troops remained; for what reason?
A
To assist in building the hydroelectric Chalillo Dam and Mollejon Dam
B
To help build Belize navy warships
C
To defend it against Guatemala who claimed Belize and refused to recognise it as a country
D
The transport ships to take them back to the UK was diverted to the Falklands War
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Q7.
What was the purpose of the international organisation which followed the signing of the Morges Manifesto in 1961?
A
To regulate key components of the financial world
B
To conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth
C
To improve communication and collaboration among brain researchers
D
To implement the United Nations drug conventions
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