History Quiz #685
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 28 February 2022
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Q1.
Which organisation, which has its Headquarters in Paris, was established on 16 November 1945?
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Q2.
In what year did Sweden change its laws to allow a woman to inherit the throne, USSR stage its first rock festival, the border officially re-open between Spain and Gibraltar, Iceland democratically elect its first woman president, and the 10.14 mile (16.32km) long St Gotthard Road Tunnel open in Switzerland?
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Q3.
What name was given to Nepalese soldiers recruited into the Indian army?
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Q4.
Who was on the throne when Britain's first Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, was appointed?
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Q5.
Which European country was twice, in 1892 and again in 1902, declared bankrupt?
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Q6.
In Arthurian legend, Sir Gawain took on the mission to behead whom?
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Q7.
When is Ötzi the Iceman, discovered in the Alps between Austria and Italy, believed to have lived?
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