History Quiz #588
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 20 April 2020
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Q1.
When did the first planes fly in a military offensive for Britain, for an organised body which later became the Royal Air Force?
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Q2.
Petroglyphic complexes in the Mongolian Altai mountains include three rock art sites which have been dated to about when?
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Q3.
L. Ron Hubbard is known as the founder of what movement?
C
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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Q4.
The Black Hawk War was for possession of lands east of the Mississippi. In which modern day state was the first confrontation, at Stillman's Run, on 14 May 1832, which resulted in a victory for Chief Black Hawk's Sauk and Fox warriors over the local militiamen commanded by Major Isaiah Stillman?
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Q5.
What eventually historic event happened in about 570 CE in the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe in what was Arabia?
C
The birth of Alexander the Great
D
The building of Al-Aqsa Mosque
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Q6.
Several caves in Spain are sites of prehistoric rock paintings. Approximately when were the earliest, line motifs and stencilled hands, believed to have been painted?
Note: This question was updated in November 2021
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Q7.
When was the phrase "under God" included in the American Pledge of Allegiance?
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