History Quiz #689
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 28 March 2022
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Q1.
What was the context for the 1858 Mahtra War, or Uprising, in what is now Estonia?
B
An independence movement
C
Disagreement over harbour rights
D
Slow implementation of land and labour reform
Select from the options above.
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Q2.
Where did a magnitude 7.7 earthquake, 12.8 miles (20.6 km) deep occur at 9:42 p.m. local time on 25 October 2010, which generated a "significant tsunami" and resulted in at least 113 people reported dead, and over 160 missing?
A
Christchurch, New Zealand
C
5 km off the coast of Sri Lanka
Select from the options above.
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Q3.
In 1935 and 1937, Danish-Norwegian Caroline Mikkelsen and Norwegian Ingrid Christensen became the first women to do what?
A
Fly a balloon over the Baltic Sea
B
Set foot in the Antarctic
C
Sail up the Amazon River
D
Conduct archaeological digs on Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
Select from the options above.
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Q4.
In April 2010, after riots in the capital which overthrew the government, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev left which country, leaving the way clear for the head of the new provisional government, Roza Otunbayeva?
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Q5.
In 1953 Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed in the USA for spying for which country?
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Q6.
On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up while en route from London to New York killing 270 people on board and on the ground, and resulting in conviction for a Libyan national. Where did the explosion happen?
A
At the Twin Towers, New York, USA
B
Over the Andaman Sea, Burma
D
Over Lockerbie, Scotland
Select from the options above.
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Q7.
Admiral Sir John Jellicoe commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of World War I, against a fleet from which country?
Select from the options above.