History Quiz #693
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 25 April 2022
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Q1.
A "land run" into which current state of the USA began at noon on 22 April 1889, when an estimated 50,000 people lined up to race to claim 160 acre (0.65 km2) pieces of the available 2 million acres (8,000 km²)?
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Q2.
During WW II German official policy was developed to eliminate all Jews and all Gypsies, as well as actively eliminate homosexuals and those deemed mentally defective. As well as 6 million Jews it is generally accepted that the Nazi regime was responsible for a further how many deaths under these policies?
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Q3.
Which of these is a tragic heroine in Greek mythology?
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Q4.
On 30 September 2010, the Allahabad High Court pronounced its verdict on four title suits relating to ownership of "Ayodhya land", which had been disputed since 1853. Which country was this land in?
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Q5.
The United States deployed combat units in 1965 into which war to prevent a communist takeover of Southeast Asia, part of a wider strategy called “containment”?
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Q6.
From 2010 to 2012 a series of major earthquakes devastated areas in the South Island of which country?
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Q7.
The US Congress passed legislation in late June 2008 to provide Mexico with $400 million and Central American countries with $65 million in a relation to what activity?
A
Keeping the Panama Canal serviceable
B
Combating drug trafficking, organised crime & money laundering
C
Conservation of forests and national parks
D
Restoration of World Heritage Sites
Select from the options above.