History Quiz #528
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 25 February 2019
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Q1.
Which of these is a book by 'Che' Guevara (then a 23-year-old medical student) about his travels 8,000 km (5,000 miles) across South America with Alberto Granado (a 29-year-old biochemist)?
B
Notes From A Small Island
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Q2.
What disaster hit Bangladesh on 13 November 1970, killing 500,000 people?
D
Flooding of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River
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Q3.
After World War II Emperor Hirohito of Japan signed the treaty ending the state of war with Britain on 9 September of which year?
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Q4.
In Greek legend, who, the last king of Troy, was the father of Hector and Paris?
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Q5.
What organisation, formed by Reverend John Flynn and based in Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, began in 1928?.
A
Seventh Day Adventist Church
C
Society for the Protection of Australian Marsupials
D
Royal Flying Doctor Service
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Q6.
The US Civil War was fought between the Union Army and which other?
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Q7.
What phrase used by the US during the Cold War to justify American intervention around the world, suggested that if any country came under the influence of communism, the surrounding countries would follow?
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