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History Quiz #655

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 2 August 2021

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Q1. One of the first actions taken in China's "Great Leap Forward" was a campaign initiated by Mao Zedong, the first President, to eliminate what birds?

A
Sparrows
B
Larks
C
Eagles
D
Flamingos
Select from the options above.
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Q2. Elizabeth II and which other head of state opened the Channel Tunnel railway tunnel that connects Folkestone (UK) with Coquelles (France) beneath the Channel/La Manche?

A
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
B
Jacques Chirac
C
François Mitterand
D
Nicolas Sarkozy
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Q3. Multiple areas across the world of up to almost 2 billion hectares each were devastated during 2019 /2020 by sometimes months-long what?

A
Forest or bush fires
B
Swarms of locusts
C
Floods
D
Volcanic eruptions
Select from the options above.
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Q4. Under what name is Company Bahadur better known?

A
The British East India Company
B
The Dutch East India Company
C
The Royal African Company
D
The South Sea Company
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Q5. In 2009, Garrett Camp, a computer programmer and co-founder of StumbleUpon, and Travis Kalanick, co-founder of Red Swoosh, founded what other (controversial) company?

A
AirBnB
B
Ubercab (later Uber)
C
Mailchimp
D
PayPal
Select from the options above.
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Q6. What London establishment was created in 1826 by Sir Stamford Raffles?

A
The British Museum
B
London Zoo, Regents Park
C
The National Portrait Gallery
D
The Royal Society
Select from the options above.
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Q7. What caused the closure of the Panama Canal in December 2010, for the first time in 21 years?

A
Extensive dredging near the Centennial Bridge
B
Flooding
C
Repairs being carried out on the Miraflores locks
D
Machinery failure at the Gatún locks
Select from the options above.
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