History Quiz #690
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 4 April 2022
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Q1.
There have been many peace walls built in Northern Ireland, some 60 of which remain in the 2020s; when were most of them built?
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Q2.
From 1618 the Thirty Years War between Catholic and Protestant countries in the Holy Roman Empire, in 1632 became a fight between the Hapsburgs and Spain on one side against who on the other?
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Q3.
What was the subject of the referendum held in Australia 1999?
A
To change the number of MPs in federal government
B
To make observance of daylight saving consistent
C
To standardise railway gauges across all states
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Q4.
Besides the assassination of US president John F Kennedy, what happened on 22 November 1963?
A
The Beatles play at a Royal Variety Command Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London
B
John Lennon's first son, Julian, is born
C
The album "With the Beatles" is released in London
D
The Beatles play their last-ever gig at The Cavern, Liverpool
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Q5.
The world's first publicly subscribed passenger railway, the Stockton and Darlington, opened in England with steam engines when?
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Q6.
In 1884 Pope Leo XIII published the encyclical "Humanum Genus", which denounced a number of beliefs and practices such as popular sovereignty and the separation of church and state, in relation to which group in particular?
D
Composers of light operas
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Q7.
In 1648, Russian explorer Semyon Dezhnyov was the first European to sail through what Strait?
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