History Quiz #640
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 19 April 2021
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Q1.
What organisation was founded in 1831 by James Winston, Samuel James Arnold, Samuel Beazley, Sir Andrew Francis Barnard, and Francis Mills to "tend to the regeneration of the Drama"?
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Q2.
On 10 May 1775, during the American Revolutionary War, a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold overcame and looted Fort Ticonderoga, a small British garrison, and took away cannons and other armaments to fortify which city that was under siege?
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Q3.
The Harelle, a revolt that occurred in the French city of Rouen in 1382 followed by the Maillotins Revolt a few days later in Paris, and subsequently in Amiens, Dieppe, Falaise, Caen, Orleans, and Rheims during the Hundred Years' War, was about what?
A
Lack of state-provided education
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Q4.
Which cable suspension road bridge, known as "Galloping Gertie", was completely destroyed due to "aeroelastic flutter" on 7 November 1940?
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Q5.
Beginning in the late 15th century, expeditions mainly from Britain and which other country explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast of Canada?
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Q6.
On April 4, 1841, William Henry Harrison became what?
A
George Washington's brother-in-law
C
The first US President to die in office
D
The first native American President
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Q7.
What was the cause of the sinking of the "Lusitania" in May 1915 and the subsequent deaths of 1,198 people?
C
A saboteur blew a hole in her hull with a bomb
D
She was sunk by pirates
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