History Quiz #631
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 15 February 2021
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Q1.
Where was the Battle of Hastings, which took place on 14 October 1066 between the Norman army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army of King Harold II?
B
The woods of Tramecourt
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Q2.
Which country, between 1964 and 1973, became the most bombed country in the world?
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Q3.
After 1857 the princedom of Kashmir came under the suzerainty of what?
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Q4.
In 1961 in Paris, the French police attacked a peaceful but illegal demonstration of around 30,000 people, killing between 40 and 200, who were protesting about what?
A
Religious persecution of protestants
D
Abolition of the death penalty
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Q5.
Which shipping passage was closed from 1967 to 1975?
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Q6.
Which inn that stood on the east side of Borough High Street in Southwark accommodated pilgrims headed on annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, and is mentioned in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales"?
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Q7.
Where did the Phnom Penh stampede occur, on 22 November 2010 when 378 people died and upwards of 755 more were injured?
A
In a motorway underpass
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