History Quiz #499
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 6 August 2018
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1
Q1.
When was the French Tricolor flag officially adopted?
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2
Q2.
The national holiday celebrated in the USA on 4 July each year is to commemorate events surrounding which war?
B
American War of Independence
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3
Q3.
In the UK, until what date was a person not able to give evidence in the trial of their spouse?
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4
Q4.
What were Operation Torch, Operation Ichi-Go, Operation Bagration, Operation Market Garden and Operation Crossbow?
A
Nuclear test series carried out in the USA
B
Military operations in World War II
C
Allied operations in World War I
D
International Boy Scout Jamborees
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5
Q5.
The "numbered treaties", a series of eleven treaties signed between the aboriginal peoples and the reigning Monarch (Victoria, Edward VII or George V) from 1871 to 1921, apply in which country?
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6
Q6.
In 1937 the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Simpson were married in which country?
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7
Q7.
What did the non-violent resistance group known as White Rose target?
A
General Francisco Franco
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