History Quiz #581
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 2 March 2020
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Q1.
Who has been Prime Minister of France twice and President of France once?
C
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
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2
Q2.
In Norse mythology, which plant killed the god Baldur?
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3
Q3.
In 1978, after escaping from Iran, where was the Ayatollah Khomeini granted political asylum?
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Q4.
The re-election campaign of 66 year old Uganda president Yoweri Museveni gained international attention in 2010 when he presented himself as what?
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Q5.
During the Second World War much of the population of Gibraltar was evacuated to where?
A
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Q6.
Leon Trotsky, who had been Russia's foreign secretary from 1918 under Lenin, was exiled to Siberia in 1927 after Lenin's death. How did he die?
A
Shot by Russian forces as a spy, 1944
B
Worked to death in a gulag, 1931
C
Assassinated in Mexico, 1940
D
Shot while defending Stalingrad,1944
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Q7.
What title, meaning "general", was held by Japan's military commanders from 1192 to 1867?
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