History Quiz #587
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 13 April 2020
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Q1.
After Egypt nationalised the British- and French-controlled Suez Canal in 1956, the tri-partite military forces which then fought in what became known as the Suez Crisis included those of which country or countries?
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Q2.
What was the largest empire in history, that began with maritime exploration in the 15th century, and by 1921 governed about 458 million people and covered about 36.6 million km² (14.2 million square miles), about a quarter of the world's population and of the Earth's area?
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Q3.
Which city was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles as a trading settlement in 1819?
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Q4.
Which of these was an irregular unit of British Special Forces founded in Cairo in 1942 by Major Vladimir Peniakoff that served in the Western Desert during World War II?
B
Long Range Desert Group
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Q5.
Who made the first solo non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in 1927?
B
Charles Kingsford-Smith
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Q6.
What was a name given to Britain's first operational nuclear weapon?
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Q7.
The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis culminated on 11 November with the removal of which Australian Labour Party Prime Minister by Governor-General Sir John Kerr, and the appointment of the Leader of the Opposition, Malcolm Fraser, as caretaker Prime Minister?
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