History Quiz #461
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 13 November 2017
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Q1.
Ex-US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plays which musical instrument?
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2
Q2.
Where did Malcolm Campbell set a land speed record of 245.7 m.p.h. in 1931?
C
Alice Springs, Central Australia
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3
Q3.
Which of these events occurred last?
A
Death of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson
C
Death of Napoleon Bonaparte
D
Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species"
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Q4.
Mutesa I (1835-1884), Mwanga II (1867-1903), Daudi Chwa II (1896-1939) & Sir Edward Mutesa II (1924-1969), four previous kabakas (kings of Buganda), are buried at which UNESCO World Heritage Site?
C
The Valley of the Kings
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5
Q5.
Between 1950 and 1953 the US forces are said to have dropped 635,000 tons of bombs and 32,557 tons of napalm across what country?
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Q6.
In an operation headed by Ali Hassan al-Majid (a cousin of then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein), Iraq used the deadly nerve gas Sarin against what minority in 1987 and 1988?
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Q7.
What was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948, "as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations"?
A
Declaration on the conversion to peaceful needs of the resources released by disarmament
B
Declaration of the Rights of the Child
C
Declaration on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear and Thermonuclear Weapons
D
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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