History Quiz #630
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 8 February 2021
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Q1.
Where was the trial, which became popularised as the 1956 Treason Trial, held?
B
Johannesburg and Pretoria
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2
Q2.
John Scopes was put on trial in 1925 in the USA for teaching the theories of which scientist?
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3
Q3.
King Umberto II ruled Italy for thirty-four days from 9 May 1946 to 12 June 1946. What caused his reign to end?
A
He died of natural causes ("old age"), 7 weeks after his father
B
He was assassinated by partisans on the way to Turin
C
A public referendum decided Italy should be a republic
D
He abdicated to marry an American divorcee
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4
Q4.
When Adolf Hitler stormed a large public meeting in a beer hall in 1923, "the beer hall putsch", as part of an eventually failed coup, who was he proposing as head of a new government?
C
General Erich Ludendorff
D
Bavarian politician Gustav Ritter von Kahr
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5
Q5.
What was the first Paréage of Andorra (1278)?
A
Building of major fortifications
B
A charter establishing dual rule over the country
C
Charter establishing freedom of all citizens
D
The adoption of Catalan as the official language
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6
Q6.
In Greek mythology, who thought up the idea of the Trojan Horse?
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7
Q7.
On 3 May 2010 United and which other airline announced a stock-swap to combine them into the world's largest airline?
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