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History Quiz #637

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 29 March 2021

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Q1. Project Habakkuk was a plan by the British in World War II to construct what from ice?

A
Tanks
B
Aeroplanes
C
Bridges
D
Aircraft carriers
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Q2. The Ishtar Gate, constructed around 575BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II, was a gate to which city?

A
Athens
B
Carthage
C
Troy
D
Babylon
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Q3. In February 2010, Joseph Stack, a 53 year old software engineer, crashed his light plane into Internal Revenue Service offices in which city?

Note: This question was updated in February 2023
A
Austin, Texas
B
Chicago, Illinois
C
Buffalo, New York
D
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Select from the options above.
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Q4. What was the first land passage between Manhattan Island and Brooklyn that, on its opening in 1883, became the longest suspension bridge in the world and its towers the tallest structures in the Western Hemisphere?

A
Brooklyn Bridge
B
Golden Gate Bridge
C
Washington Bridge
D
George Washington Bridge
Select from the options above.
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Q5. Which country was proclaimed a People's Republic on 1 October 1949, following the defeat of forces led by Chiang Kai-shek?

A
Hawaii
B
East Germany
C
Poland
D
China
Select from the options above.
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Q6. In geological terms, what are Rodinia and Pannotia?

A
Cave systems in Croatia
B
Types of rock formation
C
Ancient supercontinents
D
Types of oil-bearing shale
Select from the options above.
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Q7. What does the day known in the US as Juneteenth mark?

A
The announcement in Texas of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
B
The passing of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
C
The day the 13th Amendment passed Congress, officially abolishing slavery
D
The day slavery was abolished in Washington, D.C.
Select from the options above.
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