History Quiz #577
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 3 February 2020
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Q1.
As at 2006 elections which Sunni Islamist paramilitary organisation and political party holds a majority of seats in the legislative council of the State of Palestine, the name since 2012 of the Palestinian National Authority?
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Q2.
"The Shining Path" is a Maoist revolutionary movement based where?
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Q3.
Opened in 1890, with 6 stations over 3.2 miles (5.1 km) and running in a pair of tunnels between the City of London and Stockwell passing under the River Thames, what was the first deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use electric traction?
A
London and South Western Railway
C
The Metropolitan Railway
D
The City and South London Railway
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Q4.
What was the name of the result of a nationwide census of virtually everything in England and Wales that was ordered by William I in 1085?
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Q5.
Which of these historical periods in Britain is most recent?
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Q6.
What name was given to the English Civil war in the 15th century between the rival houses of Lancaster and York?
B
The London Matchgirls' Strike
C
American War of Independence
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Q7.
What was the popular name for Bethlem (or Bethlehem) Hospital, the first home for the insane in Britain established in 1403?
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