History Quiz #538
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 6 May 2019
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Q1.
Where was the German pocket battleship, the Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled by her captain in 1939 to prevent it falling into British hands?
A
The River Rhine, Germany
C
Outside the port of Montevideo, Uruguay
D
Off the Isle of Wight, UK
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Q2.
Why did Captain James Cook give the name "The Sandwich Islands" to the Hawaiian Islands on his discovery of them on 18 January 1778?
A
They were first sighted by Jim Sandwich, the crewman on watch
B
He was eating lunch on the forecastle
C
On the horizon, they looked like a sandwich
D
He named them for John Montagu
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Q3.
In May 1869 at Promontory Point, a "Golden Spike" ceremony was performed to mark the completion of a railway across which country?
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Q4.
In 1434, Portuguese mariner Gil Eanes made a major breakthrough to obtain a reliable trade route to Western and Eastern Africa and India by finding a route around which cape?
Note: This question was updated in July 2020
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Q5.
The theatres for which war included Odessa, Yevpatoriya, Sevastopol, Balaklava, Inkerman, and Kinburn?
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Q6.
Built in 1765, what is the oldest commissioned warship in the world, still manned by the British Royal Navy?
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A
Natural electrical activity seen around ships' masts
B
Muffins made with raisins
C
Mythical sea monsters from near Norway & Iceland
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