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History Quiz #550

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 29 July 2019

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Q1. In which country was Pol Pot Prime Minister from 1976 to 1979 and leader of the communist movement known as the "Khmer Rouge"?

A
Laos
B
Thailand
C
Cambodia
D
Vietnam
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Q2. When did the first African American woman take her seat in the US House of Representatives?

A
1972
B
1870
C
1969
D
1988
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Q3. When did the Congress of the USA hold its first session in Washington D.C. as the capital of the country?

A
1790
B
1800
C
1815
D
1789
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Q4. What multi-venue rock music concert, held on 13 July 1985, was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia?

A
Live 8
B
Oxjam
C
Rainbow Concert
D
Live Aid
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Q5. The Africanised bee, Apis mellifera scutelatta, was introduced by accident in 1957 to which area, where it is now an efficient killer and from where it has cross-bred further and has spread to multiple areas both north and south?

A
Brazil
B
Argentina
C
Chile
D
Mexico
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Q6. The House of Representatives of which country unanimously voted to become a secular and inclusive democratic republic on 28 May 2008, giving the King 15 days to vacate the palace, to re-open it as a public museum?

A
Thailand
B
China
C
Nepal
D
Laos
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Q7. The anniversary that commemorates Captain Arthur Phillip's establishing in 1788 the first British settlement as a colony in what became known as Australia, is celebrated on which day every year?

Note: This question was updated in December 2023
A
16 June
B
26 June
C
16 January
D
26 January
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