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?
B
William Flinders Petrie
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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?
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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?
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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
C
The Treaty of Concordia
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Q6.
Who popularised the phrase "The buck stops here"?
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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
D
King Harold II of England
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