History Quiz #547
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 8 July 2019
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Q1.
What word best describes a political situation common to England in 1647, France in 1789, Spain in 1936 and Jamaica in 1720?
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Q2.
In 330 AD, Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome, moved the capital from Rome to where?
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Q3.
A find in January 1848 by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in the USA, started what?
A
A series of archaeological digs
B
The California Gold Rush
C
The manufacture of Tabasco Sauce
D
Tarsealing of major cross-country highways
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Q4.
Who was the first person to sail through the North East Passage north of Russia from Europe to the Pacific Ocean in 1878/79?
B
Baron Adolf Nordenskiöld
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Q5.
According to Greek legend, which of the 9 Muses was the muse of Choral poetry?
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Q6.
In England, Dick Turpin (1706-39), Claude Duval (1643-70) and John Nevison (1639-84) were well known as what?
B
Ambassadors to the court of St James
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Q7.
What military rank and historical title for Hereditary Commanders of Armies in Japan ended when Tokugawa Yoshinobu relinquished the office in 1867?
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