History Quiz #473
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 5 February 2018
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Q1.
How did the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace in the UK differ from the French Industrial Exposition of 1844 which is said to have inspired it?
A
Hector Berlioz composed and conducted a new symphonic and choral work to open it
C
The country's monarch opened the Exhibition
D
It excluded exhibits from France
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Q2.
Which of these sayings is attributed to US president Teddy Roosevelt?
A
Turn on, tune in, drop out
B
I never met a man I didn't like
C
Speak softly and carry a big stick
D
Bop bop shoo wop shoo wop shoo wop wop
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Q3.
What was the name of the plane that Amy Johnson flew solo from Britain to Australia in 1930?
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Q4.
Between 1905 and 1907 a bloody interethnic clash continued in European Asia between what peoples?
B
Armenians and Caucasian Tatars
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Q5.
In the USA between 1852 and 1883, who were Reelfoot Williams, Tom Bell, Rattlesnake Dick and Charles Bolles (a.k.a. "Black Bart")?
C
Mayors of San Francisco
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Q6.
In which year did the South African government lift the ban on the African National Congress, the Pan Africanist Congress, the South African Communist Party and the United Democratic Front, and release Nelson Mandela from prison?
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Q7.
In which country did the USA enter a war by sending military advisors in 1950, escalating their involvement until finally combat units played an active part between 1965 and 1975?
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