History Quiz #521
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 7 January 2019
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Q1.
The Grand Old Party or GOP is the name for which political party in the USA?
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Q2.
In May 2018, North Korea changed its time zone to match that of what other country or city?
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Q3.
On 14 November 1910, Eugene Burton Ely was the first to do what in an aeroplane?
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Land on a wet concrete runway
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Q4.
What was the last battle where a British monarch led troops into battle?
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Q5.
Frank Dekum, a 19th-century banker in Portland, Oregon, contributed money to import what to Oregon?
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Q6.
In 1587, Sir Francis Drake "singed the beard of the King of Spain" by leading a fleet which destroyed 37 naval and merchant ships in the port of La Coruña and which other place?
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Q7.
When was the Star Spangled Banner first flown?
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