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History Quiz #643

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 10 May 2021

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Q1. What battle cry of Richard I at the Battle of Gisors in 1198 was adopted as the motto of the arms of England where, except for changes during the reigns of Elizabeth I, Anne and William III, it has been since 1340?

A
Dieu Et Mon Droit
B
Semper Eadem
C
Je Maintiendrai
D
Ad Astra
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Q2. The legendary character called Beowulf killed who and his mother?

A
King Arthur
B
Montezuma
C
Grendl
D
William Tell
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Q3. Why is the US city of Pittsburg so named?

A
It is named after Baron Pitt of Hampstead, a British civil rights campaigner & politician
B
It is in the centre of a number of coal mines
C
It is named after Midshipman Robert Pit, who was the first to sight the land
D
It is named after William Pitt, Prime Minister of Great Britain
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Q4. Which of these was an Italian military and political figure who joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries In his twenties, and fled Italy after a failed insurrection?

A
Barihairi
B
Hariblondi
C
Larimousi
D
Garibaldi
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Q5. Roland Berrill, an Australian barrister, and Dr. Lancelot Ware, a British scientist and lawyer, founded which international organsation in the UK in 1946?

A
Greenpeace
B
Oxfam
C
Amnesty International
D
Mensa
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Q6. Which war pitted anarchists, socialists, and Communists supported by the Soviets and international volunteers, against conservatives, monarchists, nationalists and fascists, with the support of Portugal, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany?

A
The Crimean War
B
The Spanish Civil War
C
The Korean War
D
The Hundred Years' War
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Q7. The US Civil War was in which century?

A
17th
B
18th
C
19th
D
20th
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