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History Quiz #522

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 14 January 2019

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Q1. Who was the English King during the US War of Independence?

A
Henry VIII
B
Edward VII
C
George III
D
George II
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Q2. What early 18th century English club in London with strong political and literary associations, had members which included writers William Congreve, Jonathan Swift and Joseph Addison, and politicians the Duke of Marlborough and Sir Robert Walpole?

A
The Garrick Club
B
The Whiggery
C
The Kit-Kat Club
D
The Athenaeum
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Q3. From the 17th century, the soldiers from which country were known as "redcoats"?

A
France
B
England
C
Belgium
D
Germany
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Q4. Where was the industrial accident on 2-3 December 1984 that caused the deaths of 3,000 to 16,000 people, for which 7 ex-employees were convicted in June 2010 and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment & a fine of about US$2,000 each?

A
Chernobyl, Ukraine
B
Bhopal, India
C
Greenham Common, England
D
Pasadena, Texas, USA
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Q5. According to the Bible's old testament, what was deciphered by Daniel?

A
The Rosetta stone
B
The writing on the wall
C
The Da Vinci Code
D
The Dead Sea Scrolls
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Q6. Which military decoration is awarded to recognize people "being wounded or killed in any action against an enemy of the United States or as a result of an act of any such enemy or opposing armed forces"?

A
Purple Heart
B
Red Liver
C
Green Kidney
D
Yellow Spleen
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Q7. Which of these was an outcome of the sinking of Greenpeace's ship the "Rainbow Warrior" by French intelligence service (DGSE) agents in New Zealand in 1985?

A
All of the DGSE agents were caught
B
The French minister of defence, Charles Hernu, resigned
C
The convicted DGSE agents served their full prison terms
D
The New Zealand public weakened their "nuclear free" philosophy
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