History Quiz #556
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 9 September 2019
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Q1.
In 1956, British and French forces invaded a country in North Africa due to a dispute over which engineering work?
A
Ethiopian oil refinery complez
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Q2.
Which harbour, a US naval base, was attacked by Japanese aeroplanes on 7 December 1941?
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Q3.
In 1492, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria were trying to reach which part of the world?
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Q4.
What nationality was the physician Paracelsus, prominent in the Renaissance revolution in medicine?
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Q5.
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ruled from 1979 to 1990, initially as part of a Junta of National Reconstruction, in which country?
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Q6.
Both opposing generals, the British general Wolfe, and the French general Montcalm, were killed in a battle for which city in 1759?
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Q7.
What was the Wilhelm Gustloff?
A
The aircraft which bombed the RMS Lancastria in 1940
B
A ship torpedoed in 1945 with possibly the worst single maritime loss of life in World War II
C
The last German ship to be sunk in World War II
D
The hot air balloon in which people escaped in 1979 from East to West Germany
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