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History Quiz #707

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 1 August 2022

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Q1. What was the name of the temporary harbours that were towed to the French coast to facilitate D Day landings on 5 and 6 June 1944?

A
Bailey
B
Mulberry
C
Sherman
D
Lancaster
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Q2. The Iron Cross was awarded to soldiers in World Wars I and II by which country?

A
Italy
B
France
C
Germany
D
Russia
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Q3. In a 1956 interview with the American journalist Anna Louise Strong, Mao Zedong described the USA as a paper what?

A
Serviette
B
Aeroplane
C
Tiger
D
Chase
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Q4. What worldwide movement describing itself as "a fellowship of men and women" was co-founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio?

A
Amnesty International
B
Church of Latter Day Saints
C
Alcoholics Anonymous
D
Greenpeace
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Q5. What links a type of footwear, the home of NATO, the best known military exploit of an early British Prime Minister, and the final days of freedom for a Corsican commander?

A
Puss in Boots
B
Blue Suede Shoes
C
Brussels
D
The Lynx Effect
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Q6. Which 87 sq km (34 sq mi) island in the Caribbean Sea was divided between France and the Netherlands in 1648?

A
Saint Martin/Sint Maarten
B
Statia/Sint Eustatius
C
Saba/St Christopher
D
Bonaire/Aruba
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Q7. What did the ringing of bells throughout the US's National Park Service areas on 19 August 2019 mark?

A
The bi-centenary of the Service's founding
B
The 400th anniversary of the landing of Africans traded as slaves in English-occupied North America
C
The release of bison into the Parks again
D
Denmark rejected the suggestion that the US might purchase Greenland
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