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History Quiz #513

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 12 November 2018

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Q1. What country, an ideal of the "Illyrian Movement" began to become a reality after the 1918 collapse of Habsburg Austria-Hungary at the end of World War I, and was formally renamed (as a "Kingdom") in 1929?

A
Poland
B
Turkey
C
Yugoslavia
D
Portugal
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Q2. In what country, with considerable mineral and coal wealth and so abundantly fertile it has been described as a jewel of Africa, did the inflation rate during 2008 skyrocket to 231,150,888.87%?

A
Rwanda
B
Venezuela
C
Zimbabwe
D
Swaziland
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Q3. In 2017, SpaceX, the company headed by the inventor Elon Musk, did what?

A
Sent a spacecraft to the International Space Station
B
Went into receivership
C
Conducted the first successful re-launch and landing of the first stage of an orbital class rocket
D
Launched a commercially viable nitrogen-powered vehicle
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Q4. Evidence has been found in which cave, that modern man (homo sapiens) may have reached South-East Asia at least 60,000 years ago?

A
Spirit Cave, Thailand
B
Tam Pa Ling Cave, Laos
C
Tham Om Cave, Vietnam
D
Juyuan Cave, China
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Q5. What religion was the temple complex of Angkor Wat built, in the early 12th century, to serve?

A
Hinduism
B
Buddhism
C
Zoroastrianism
D
Jainism
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Q6. What was the Second League of Armed Neutrality (or the League of the North) formed in 1800 or 1801, designed to do?

A
Protect fishing rights in Scandinavian waters
B
Protect free trade with France against British policy to restrict it
C
To ring fence northern countries against involvement in impending British naval wars
D
To ring fence northern countries against involvement in impending Central American wars
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Q7. In 1993, in the course of the wars during the breakup of Yugoslavia, a 15th century bridge was destroyed in which city (now the largest financial centre in Bosnia-Herzegovina)?

Note: This question was updated in November 2022
A
Garabit Viaduct
B
Mostar
C
Anghel Saligny Bridge
D
Storstram Bridge
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