History Quiz #661
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 13 September 2021
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Q1.
The sinking, approximately 200 miles off Hampton Roads, Virginia, of which steamship on 12 November 1928, with a loss of over 100 lives, particularly of women and children after it was abandoned, had a major impact on the second International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea in 1929?
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Q2.
Which battle was partly fought on Senlac Hill?
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Q3.
The British conquest of which country began in 1824 in response to its attempt to invade India, and from 1886 to 1937 was administered as a province of British India when it became a separate, self-governing colony?
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Q4.
Which year was called the Year of the Five Emperors?
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Q5.
Over 6 days in March 2021 transport of over 10% of global trade came to a stop. What was the reason?
A
A call to reduce the rate of global warming
B
Lockdowns in the course of recurring waves of COVID 19 infections
C
A ship ran aground in the Suez Canal and blocked the waterway
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Q6.
Bangladesh declared independence from which country on 26 March 1971?
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Q7.
The Battle of the Tiger's Mouth in 1809-10 was fought between which two forces?
A
Portugal, and Chinese pirates
C
Greece, and what is now North Macedonia
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