History Quiz #578
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 10 February 2020
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Q1.
Which city, originally a monastic settlement founded by Saint Finbarr in the 6th century, built on the River Lee, became a major point of Irish emigration to North America after the Great Irish Famine in the 1840s?
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Q2.
The initial slogan for the American War of Independence was "No taxation without …" what?
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Q3.
What were some of the December, 1773, Boston "tea tossers" wearing when they made their protest?
C
Large-peaked convict caps
D
Native American headdresses and blankets
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Q4.
What, in ancient Rome, was a "sudatorium"?
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Q5.
According to Celtic legend, where did heroes go to die?
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Q6.
What is the name given to the retreat from Chiang Kai-shek's forces by the Chinese communists from Jiangxi to Shaanxi, a 9,600 km (5,965 mile), year-long journey that began in October 1934?
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Q7.
Which of these wars is the earliest in which gunpowder was used in heavy artillery weapons?
A
Napoleonic Wars (from 1803 to 1815)
B
Hundred Years' War (from 1337 to 1453)
C
The War of the Spanish Succession (from 1701 to 1714)
D
The First Crusade (from 1096 to 1099)
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