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History Quiz #462

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 20 November 2017

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Q1. In mid August 2017 the yachts Bagheera and the Snow Dragon II, with a crew of 10 and a dog called Fukumi, sailed on what expedition?

A
To sail round the world non-stop without resupply
B
To sail through the North-East Passage
C
To sail to the North Pole
D
To circumnavigate the new size Antarctica after Larsen C ice shelf calved its 5,800 sq km iceberg
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Q2. The Arctic Council, established in 1996, consists of 8 member states, which are Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russian Federation, Sweden, the United States of America and which other?

A
Japan
B
Greenland
C
The Kingdom of Denmark
D
Faroe Islands
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Q3. Which was the first city in the southern hemisphere and the second in the world after Philadelphia to integrate electric street lights into its infrastructure in September 1882?

A
Johannesburg, South Africa
B
Sydney, Australia
C
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
D
Kimberley, South Africa
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Q4. Which of these quotes is ascribed to the Swiss physician, Paracelsus (1493-1541)?

A
The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician.
B
The patients are your textbook, the sickbed is your study
C
Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics
D
All of these
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Q5. Which ancient country to the south west of the Caspian Sea had rulers called Deioces, Phraortes, Cyaxares and Astyages?

A
Persia
B
Media
C
Sumeria
D
Palestine
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Q6. Which Spanish monarch was deposed in 1868 after 35 years of reigning, and finally abdicated in 1870?

A
Queen Isabella II
B
King Philip I
C
King Felipe VI
D
King Juan Carlos I
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Q7. The city of Rome in what is now Italy was successively the capital for the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and what next?

A
Romany Rye
B
The Holy Roman Church
C
Romania
D
The Roman Empire
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