History Quiz #477
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 5 March 2018
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Q1.
With what does the CGPM, established in 1875, and its two arms, CIPM and BIPM, concern itself?
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2
Q2.
With what has Gettysburg been associated since 1863?
A
The first rollercoaster ride
B
The sinking of the Titanic
D
A boom in the sale of mead in America
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3
Q3.
Against which area of Germany were the raids of the Dambusters directed in World War II in May 1943?
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4
Q4.
Which country became a short-lived theocracy in 1911?
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5
Q5.
What famous and still surviving structure was built in Rome by the Emperors Vespasian and, later, Titus between about 70 and 80 CE?
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6
Q6.
Where was the landing of the main invasion force on the Italian peninsula in World War II by the allied army (comprising the U.S. Fifth Army and the British Eighth Army) on 9 September 1943?
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Q7.
When Lieut Thomas E Selfridge became the first death in a crash of a powered airplane in 1908, who was the pilot?
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