History Quiz #714
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 19 September 2022
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Q1.
When is Emancipation Day observed in much of Canada, and in the parts of the Caribbean in which there were British possessions in 1833?
B
None, it is not celebrated
D
1 August, or the first Monday in August
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Q2.
Portugal has been invaded and fought over since prehistoric times; however it fought and negotiated its way to independence in 1143, from what kingdom?
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Q3.
The USA established marginal income tax rates of 77% in 1916 to fund the war effort in World War I. What were they reduced to by 1929, shortly before the Wall Street crash?
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Q4.
What was the last time that a British King led his troops into battle?
A
Battle of the Ancre, 1916
B
Battle of Waterloo, 1815
C
Normandy Landings, 1944
D
Battle of Dettingen, 1743
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Q5.
Bloody Sunday or Red Sunday January 1905 was a massacre where?
C
Derry, Northern Ireland
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Q6.
In Canada, although women had a limited right by 1884 to vote in governmental elections they did not have full voting rights until when?
A
1919 for all Canada except Quebec (1940)
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Q7.
In November 2018, Russia fired upon and then seized three naval vessels in the Kerch Strait in the Sea of Azov. What country did the vessels belong to?
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