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History Quiz #438

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 5 June 2017

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Q1. Who raised the massive runestones known as the Jelling Stones, in Denmark?

A
King Gorm the Old and his son King Harald Bluetooth
B
King Sweyn I Forkbeard
C
King Cnut the Great
D
Hrothgar, king of the Danes
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Q2. The United Arab Republic was formed in 1958 by Egypt and what other country or countries?

A
Syria
B
North Yemen
C
Libya and Sudan
D
Kuwait and Bahrain
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Q3. Which facility, opened in England in sections between 1774 and 1790 and a major asset for a while to industrialising Britain, forms part of the background for the works "His Dark Materials Trilogy" (by Philip Pullman) and "The Wind in the Willows" (by Kenneth Grahame)?

A
The Oxford Canal
B
The Coventry coalfields
C
Woolwich Dockyard
D
Foss Dyke
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Q4. What object, which had been brought to Westminster Abbey in 1296 and placed under "St Edward's chair", was stolen and taken to Scotland in December 1950 and returned the following April?

A
The Woolsack
B
The Crown Jewels
C
The Mace
D
The Coronation Stone
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Q5. What was the initial cause of a major nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, in March 2011?

A
A tourist flicked the wrong switch
B
A 9.0 - 9.1 magnitude earthquake and its tsunami
C
A spent fuel rod was mistakenly used in an operational reactor
D
A failed ballistic missile experiment
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Q6. Which of these was built last?

A
Sphinx, Egypt
B
Pyramid of Cheops
C
Roman Coliseum
D
Parthenon, Greece
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Q7. What was the first nation to recognise the USA as an independent nation?

A
Great Britain
B
Morocco
C
France
D
Spain
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