History Quiz #519
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 24 December 2018
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Q1.
What was the name of the ship used by Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard, an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the east coast of the American colonies from 1717 to 1718?
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Q2.
Bill and Hilary Clinton and Jim and Susan McDougal were investigated as part of what financial scandal by the US Justice Department in 1994?
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Q3.
Where was the annual G8 leaders summit held in the year 2000?
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Q4.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, was formed by doctors and journalists in 1971 in response to what?
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Prolonged civil war in Sudan
B
Prolonged wars in Portuguese Africa
C
Continued war in Vietnam
D
Suffering and famine in Biafra before the Republic was reintegrated into Nigeria
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Q5.
What was the code-name for the reporters Bernstein and Woodward's contact during their investigation of the "Watergate" scandal?
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Q6.
According to Greek legend, which of the 9 Muses was the muse of epic poetry?
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Q7.
What serial adulterer ruled as the chief of the gods in the ancient Greek pantheon?
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