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History Quiz #531

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 18 March 2019

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Q1. Around 2,000 of which type of rocket-propelled pilotless bomb was launched on London from 8 September 1944 to March 1945?

A
Fokker
B
V1
C
Messerschmitt
D
V2
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Q2. Which weapon, common in the 14th and 15th centuries and still carried by the Yeomen of the Guard in Britain, consisted of a pike and an axe on a 5 foot long staff?

A
Malteser
B
Longbow
C
Quoin
D
Halberd
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Q3. Which colony centred at Fort Christina (now in Wilmington, Delaware) that included parts of the now US states of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania was established in 1638, and in 1655 surrendered and was taken over by the Dutch?

A
New Finland
B
New Sweden
C
New England
D
New Norway
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Q4. Launched on 4 March 2001 as the largest ship operated by the U S Navy, this aircraft carrier is named after which past U S president?

A
Jimmy Carter
B
Bill Clinton
C
Richard Nixon
D
Ronald Reagan
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Q5. In which city did American colonists dump tea imported from England into a harbour in 1773?

A
Salem
B
Pittsburg
C
Boston
D
New York
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Q6. What federation of free cities who had developed trade with foreign countries, formed in the 14th century, had its headquarters in Lübeck?

A
Huguenots
B
Cinque Ports
C
Hanseatic League
D
Benelux
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Q7. What was the last foreign invasion of Britain?

Note: This question was updated in September 2021
A
Napoleonic invasion, 1803-1805
B
French invasion of Wales, 1797
C
Norman conquest under William the Conqueror, 1066
D
German Invasion ("Operation Sealion"), 1940
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