History Quiz #472
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 29 January 2018
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Q1.
Tāufaʻāhau I, later known as George Tupou I, finally united what country under his rule in 1852?
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Q2.
The Peasants' Revolt in England in 1381 led by men such as John Ball, Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, and the most extreme and widespread insurrection in English history, was about what?
D
Lack of state-provided education
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Q3.
What was the cause of a state of emergency in Kenya from October 1952 to December 1959?
A
The activities of serial killer Charles Quansah
B
Volcanic eruption at Marion Island
C
Severe flooding of the Zambezi River
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Q4.
Che Guevara is associated with the history of which of these countries?
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Q5.
Besides the relatively recent annual honorarium of £5,750, the Poet Laureate of the UK has, since the 1500s, been traditionally rewarded annually with what?
A
100 goose quills and a pint of ink
C
Free stabling for a horse
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Q6.
What caused the ancient Egyptian temples of Dakka, Maharraqa, Wadi es-Sebua, Amada, and Derr to be dismantled in the 1960s and rebuilt elsewhere?
A
Underground mining operations
B
The building of the Aswan Dam
C
They were bought and moved to the USA
D
Sand dunes were covering them
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Q7.
George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards were well known in the British American colonies in the mid 18th century for being what?
C
"Medicine Show" proprietors
D
Campaigners against the slave trade
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