History Quiz #658
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 23 August 2021
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Q1.
When was the eastern part of Australia claimed by Great Britain?
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2
Q2.
In 1957 Luxembourg, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy joined together to form what?
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3
Q3.
The Hanseatic League was a union of ports on which sea?
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Q4.
Which of these people was not assassinated between 1900 and 1910?
A
Boutros Ghali, Prime Minister of Egypt
B
Umberto I, King of Italy
C
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
D
Carlos I , King of Portugal and Luiz Filipe, Crown Prince of Portugal
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Q5.
The catastrophic disaster at a plant in Chernobyl in the Ukraine in April 1986 is described as what kind of accident?
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Q6.
What name was given to a series of violent events on 21 May 1979 in San Francisco, USA, sparked by the lenient sentencing (for voluntary manslaughter, the lightest possible) of Dan White for the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, which led to changes in the city's official attitude to gays?
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Q7.
Who was the last monarch in the recent reunified kingdom of Italy?
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