History Quiz #527
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 18 February 2019
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Q1.
Which war, engineered by Bismarck, included the siege and surrender of Paris and ended in the union of German states with William I as emperor?
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2
Q2.
What did the Romans call Ireland?
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3
Q3.
After a plague in 1633, in which German town did the villagers vow to present a living representation of Christ's Passion every tenth year?
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Q4.
Ivan the Terrible was a czar of what country?
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Q5.
Where was the battle during the Anglo-Zulu War in which 11 Victoria Crosses were awarded in one day?
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Q6.
What did a B-25 Mitchell bomber, piloted in thick fog by Lieutenant Colonel William Franklin Smith, Jr., crash into at 9:40 a.m. on 28 July 1945?
A
St Paul's Cathedral, London
C
Coventry Cathedral, England
D
The Empire State Building, New York
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Q7.
What was the last dynasty of emperors in China, on the throne when China became a republic in 1912?
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