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History Quiz #497

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 23 July 2018

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Q1. What right of a defendant was last used in "Ashford v Thornton", an 1818 English legal case that was a private appeal from an acquittal for murder?

A
Trial by combat
B
To remain silent
C
A woman can refuse to testify against her husband
D
To challenge potential jurors
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Q2. What private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA, was founded as a women's college in 1861, and became coeducational in 1969?

A
Vassar
B
Bryn Mawr
C
Radcliffe
D
Mount Holyoke
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Q3. On 29 March 2017 the United Kingdom did what?

A
Opened the XXX Summer Olympics
B
Held a general election
C
Triggered article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, starting formal talks with the EU for the UK to leave it
D
Declared a nation-wide emergency due to extreme summer temperatures
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Q4. When Dutch seafarer and explorer Abel Tasman sailed from Batavia in the Heemskerck and the Zeehaen in 1642 which of these was one of the countries (new to Europeans) he sighted and very briefly explored?

A
Baffin Island
B
Antarctica
C
New Zealand
D
Australia
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Q5. Which legendary couple are said to be buried at Glastonbury, Somerset, England?

A
David and Victoria Beckham
B
Robin and Marian
C
Anthony and Cleopatra
D
Arthur and Guinevere
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Q6. What name was popularly given to the murder of Maria Marten in Polstead, England in 1827 by her lover, which inspired 5 films and songs such as those by the Albion Country Band (1971), Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan on the album "Bone Machine" (1992), and Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman on the album "2" (2004)?

A
The Bourne Retribution
B
The Red Headed League
C
The Death of a Saleswoman
D
The Red Barn Murder
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Q7. Who was the last English king to be executed?

A
George VI
B
Charles II
C
Edward VIII
D
Charles I
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