History Quiz #708
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 8 August 2022
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Q1.
Which monastic order, founded in 529 CE, was based at a monastery at Monte Cassino, Italy, until it was sacked in 580, when the monks fled to Rome and then spread throughout Europe?
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Q2.
Along with the gold rushes in North America (1799, the 1820s, 1848-55, 1860s, 1870s, 1890s), there were similar feverish rushes in Australia and which other country in 1851, 1861 and the 1890s?
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Q3.
The Roman army left Britain in what century?
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Q4.
When did the most well-known armistice to end fighting in the First World War come into effect?
A
7am on the 9th day of the 11th month 1918
B
11am on the 11th day of the 11th month 1918
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Q5.
During the Great, or Western, Schism from 1378, there were two or more Popes recognised in the Catholic Church. Who was elected in 1417 and eventually recognised by the majority as the single Pope?
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Q6.
When was Nicolae Ceaușescu, at the time Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and Head of State in Romania, deposed and later shot?
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Q7.
From May 1822 to March 1823 and from April 1864 to May 1867, Mexico was governed as a what?
A
Constitutional and hereditary monarchy with an Emperor
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