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History Quiz #665

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 11 October 2021

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Q1. Who led a campaign from 1798-1801, taking a force of 500 civilian scientists, specialists in fields such as biology, chemistry and languages in order to carry out a full study of ancient Egypt?

A
Inigo Jones
B
William Flinders Petrie
C
Heinrich Schliemann
D
Napoléon Bonaparte
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Q2. In November 1983 a bomb was exploded in the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C. What was the reason given?

A
Retaliation for US military actions in Grenada and Lebanon
B
Protest at the US-supported bombing of Laos
C
A call for independence for Puerto Rico
D
A claim that the US was plagued by cannibalism and a fictional disease
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Q3. Alfonso de Albuquerque took areas of which modern day country for Portugal in the early 1500s?

A
Vietnam
B
USA
C
Mexico
D
India
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Q4. In the first half of the 18th century in Great Britain, what drug became so popular, particularly in London, that several laws were passed trying to restrict its use?

A
Gin
B
Laudanum
C
Morphine
D
Brandy
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Q5. A halt in 1648 to what must have seemed at the time almost endless wars in Europe, is called what?

A
The Peace of Westphalia
B
The Peace of Augsburg
C
The Treaty of Concordia
D
The Peace of Rueil
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Q6. Who popularised the phrase "The buck stops here"?

A
Mao Zedong
B
Harry S Truman
C
Richard Nixon
D
Josef Stalin
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Q7. Which of these was not killed by a stone or piece of metal propelled from a distance?

A
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
B
Goliath of Gath
C
Julius Caesar
D
King Harold II of England
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