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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?

A
Iraq
B
Saudi Arabia
C
Afghanistan
D
Iran
Select from the options above.
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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?

A
Korea
B
Ghana
C
Egypt
D
Nigeria
Select from the options above.
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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
D
Enriched uranium
Select from the options above.
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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
Select from the options above.
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Q5. What are Omo I and Omo II, discovered by Richard Leakey in southern Ethiopia?

A
Homo sapiens fossils
B
Pyramids
C
Meteor craters
D
Previously unknown species of hyena
Select from the options above.
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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?

A
SMERSH
B
SPECTRE
C
SHAPE
D
SHAEF
Select from the options above.
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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?

A
France
B
Great Britain
C
Portugal
D
Germany
Select from the options above.
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