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History Quiz #456

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 9 October 2017

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Q1. What is the Dover Boat?

A
Napoleonic warship, one of the largest wooden warships ever built
B
Approximately half of a Bronze Age boat
C
The first ship built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel
D
A national art school and craft studio
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Q2. In 1989, there was a peaceful transfer of power to non-Communist governments in East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and which other country?

A
Afghanistan
B
Albania
C
Yugoslavia
D
Bulgaria
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Q3. What did the term "scallywag" refer to in America in the 19th century?

A
A scallop fisherman
B
A mischievously naughty pet
C
A white Southerner collaborating with northern Republicans during the post-Civil War reconstruction
D
A brewer of bourbon whiskey
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Q4. The site of what modern landmark residence in London, UK, was at one time owned by King Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror, the monks of Westminster Abbey, King Henry VIII, Sir William Blake and Lord Goring?

A
Buckingham Palace
B
Clarence House
C
Kensington Palace
D
The Ritz
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Q5. What was the objective of Operation Pastorius, in 1942 at the start of the USA's involvement in World War II?

A
To spread counterfeit currency in Germany
B
To sabotage key economic and physical infrastructure in the USA
C
To spread fundamental Christianity among Japanese military
D
To annex Germantown, Philadelphia, USA (settled in 1683 by Pistorius), to inter German residents
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Q6. Between 1955 and 1970, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and Angela Davis were significant people in which movement in the USA?

A
Industrial Revolution
B
Civil Rights Movement
C
Rock 'n Roll
D
Feminism
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Q7. When was non-branded standardised packaging for cigarettes and other tobacco products on sale first made a legal requirement?

A
2011
B
2016
C
2017
D
1991
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