History Quiz #607
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 31 August 2020
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Q1.
What liner was destroyed in Hong Kong harbour while undergoing renovations in 1972?
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Q2.
The Muslim leader Saladin recaptured which city from the Crusaders in 1187?
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Q3.
In 1953, six nations set up the International Federation of Translators (FIT) in Paris. The nations were Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, the Federal Republic of Germany and which other?
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Q4.
In 1878 the Princess Alice, a steamboat that took day-trippers up and down the Thames, crashed into another ship, sank, and pitched over 600 passengers into the river; 130 people were rescued but several later died. What was their death attributed to?
A
The freezing temperature
B
Swallowing raw sewage which had been pumped into the river
C
Injuries from the steamboat wheel
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Q5.
Where was the war that began in 1998 and sometimes referred to as the "African World War", that has been called the world's deadliest conflict since World War II, with 5.4 million people killed?
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Q6.
Following the Battle of Borodino, fire raged for four days, destroying an estimated three-quarters of which city?
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Q7.
Whit Monday (also known as Pentecost Monday, "the second day of Pentecost" or "the second Whitsun") observed in most European countries and some former British colonies, especially in the Pacific, commemorates what type of event?
C
Birth of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
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