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History Quiz #674

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 13 December 2021

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Q1. What links the US, 2 May 2011 and Abbottabad in Pakistan?

A
Military confrontation on the Durand Line
B
The flight of the first UAV (drone)
C
The death of Osama bin Laden
D
The first Taco Bell restaurant opens in Pakistan
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Q2. What was the first of a succession of Soviet state security organisations, created by a decree issued on 20 December 1917 by Vladimir Lenin and subsequently led by Felix Dzerzhinsky?

A
The Cheka
B
SPECTRE
C
SMERSH
D
Tass
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Q3. Which of these historical figures is most associated with the year 1558?

A
Marie Antoinette
B
Robert the Bruce
C
Elizabeth I
D
Charles I
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Q4. The body of writings contained in the Ayurveda - life science, or knowledge - dealing in lifestyle and therapy interventions to gain human health, is understood to have originated in India how long ago?

A
1,000 years
B
5 millennia
C
Close to 3 millennia
D
1,200 years
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Q5. Early raids by British Commando units between March 1941 and April 1943, Operations "Claymore", "Anklet", "Archery", "Musketoon" and "Checkmate", destroyed fish-oil factories, petrol dumps, sank ships, damaged factories and warehouses, resulted in permanent closure of a hydroelectric power plant and an aluminium plant, and captured German troops, encryption equipment and codebooks; where were they carried out?

A
France
B
Norway
C
Switzerland
D
Czechoslovakia
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Q6. Which of these is one of the activities with which Coretta Scott King was associated?

A
Civil Rights Movement
B
Egyptian archaeology
C
Underwater exploration
D
Aviation
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Q7. In 1971, on which island was the largest underground test of nuclear weapons ever conducted by the USA?

A
Mururoa
B
Bikini
C
Amchitka
D
Christmas
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