History Quiz #454
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 25 September 2017
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Q1.
Between 1973 and 1979, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Nur Mohammad Taraki, Hafizullah Amin and Babrak Karmal were presidents of which country?
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Q2.
The Secretaries-General of the United Nations 1946 to 1991 were successively from Norway, Sweden, Myanmar (Burma), Austria, and Peru; which country was next?
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Q3.
One of the concerns internationally with Iran's activities before a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2015 was the extent to which it ...?
A
Threw open access to its historical sites
B
Dominated camel racing in the Middle East
C
Used artificial silk in carpet manufacture
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Q4.
The Compensated Emancipation Act, passed in the USA in 1862, provided for what in addition to the abolition of slavery in Washington, D.C?
A
A free house for each freed slave
B
$10 for each freed slave and financial support for the first three years
C
A new flag for the district
D
Up to $300 per freed slave to slaveholders, $100 to any newly freed slave who left the US
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Q5.
What are Omo I and Omo II, discovered by Richard Leakey in southern Ethiopia?
D
Previously unknown species of hyena
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Q6.
What was the acronym for the headquarters of the strategic command set up in 1951 to co-ordinate the armed forces of NATO?
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Q7.
From 1794 until 1976, when it became independent as the Republic of Seychelles, the Seychelles was governed by which other country?
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