History Quiz #613
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 12 October 2020
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Q1.
What tax was current in ancient Athens, in Jerusalem more than 2,000 years ago, in Egypt, in Europe and England from time to time (leading in 1381 to Wat Tyler's rebellion), including Charles I's, Charles II's, and Margaret Thatcher's governments, in Canada and the USA, and in NZ among others?
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Q2.
Which English King was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
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Q3.
The early use of the new technology of the wireless telegram helped British police to capture whom on 31 July 1910?
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Q4.
When the UK and France joined the Crimean War in 1854 who was their opponent?
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Q5.
On October 24, 1901, 63-year-old Michigan school teacher Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to go where in a barrel ?
B
Down the Mississippi River
C
Off the top of the Empire State Building
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Q6.
Eamon de Valera was a politician in which country?
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Q7.
What began when Bohemia revolted against the Habsburgs in 1618?
A
The Great Fire of London
B
The rise of protestant religions
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