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History Quiz #520

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 31 December 2018

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Q1. Until the year 2000, how many US vice presidents had become president when a sitting President died, resigned or was removed from office?

A
9
B
5
C
4
D
2
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Q2. Umberto II was the last king of which country?

A
India
B
Mexico
C
Italy
D
Thailand
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Q3. Gee Jon. a member of the Hip Sing Tong criminal society from San Francisco, California, sentenced to death for the murder of an elderly member from another gang in Nevada, was the first person in the US to do what?

A
Escape from Alcatraz prison
B
Be executed by lethal gas
C
Be given a presidential pardon
D
Die of natural causes while on Death Row
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Q4. What was the purpose of explorer Captain, then Lieutenant, James Cook's first voyage to the south Pacific Ocean in 1768?

A
Claim possession for Britain of as many Pacific islands as possible
B
Take a scientific team to observe the transit of Venus
C
Investigate volcanic activity on the Hawaiian islands
D
Discover a northern passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic
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Q5. The Battle of Midway, fought between 4 and 7 June 1942, was an important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Why was it called that?

A
It was fought near Midway Atoll
B
It was fought mid way through the war
C
It was fought mid way between Japan & Australia
D
It was the first time that fighter planes had been amid enemy ships
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Q6. What ship, formerly called USS "Phoenix" which saw action in World War II, became the first to be sunk by a nuclear-powered submarine, in 1982?

A
The Argentine cruiser "General Belgrano"
B
The Indian frigate Khukri
C
The German battleship "Bismarck"
D
The British Aircraft carrier "Royal Oak"
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Q7. In 1885 master goldsmith and jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé provided the first jewelled what, for presentation by Alexander III of Russia to his wife at Easter?

A
Russian doll
B
Egg
C
Tiara
D
Cup and ball toy
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