History Quiz #612
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 5 October 2020
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Q1.
Who was the last English king from the House of Normandy, succeeded by Henry II in 1154, the first of the Plantagenets?
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Q2.
When Winston Churchill said "Now this is not the end, nor is it even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning", which event was he talking about?
A
The Charge of the Light Brigade
C
The Battle of the Bulge
D
The Second Battle of El Alamein
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Q3.
What profession was Cemal Kaşıkçı, who was murdered in the Saudi Arabia consulate in Turkey in October 2018?
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Q4.
People from which country or area are the first recorded to have settled on the Falkland Islands / Malvinas?
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Q5.
With the history of which of these countries is Josip Broz Tito associated?
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Q6.
On 8 April 1933, the state government of Western Australia held a referendum on which subject, in which 68% of the 237,198 voters voted in favour?
A
Providing an aboriginal reservation
B
Introducing daylight saving
C
Starting Sunday trading
D
Seceding from the Commonwealth of Australia
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Q7.
In which country, in 1984, did its Prime Minister bar nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships from using its ports or entering waters?
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