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History Quiz #724

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 28 November 2022

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Q1. Which of these ships is the largest?

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HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
B
HMS Endeavour, used for James Cook's first Pacific voyage, 1768-71
C
The "Golden Hind", captained by Sir Francis Drake for his global circumnavigation, 1577-1580
D
RRS Discovery, used by Robert F. Scott & Ernest Shackleton on their journey to the Antarctic, 1901
Select from the options above.
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Q2. When Winston Churchill said "Now this is not the end, nor is it even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning", which event was he talking about?

A
The Charge of the Light Brigade
B
The Battle of Waterloo
C
The Battle of the Bulge
D
The Second Battle of El Alamein
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Q3. In 1523 a violent and destructive clash between two powerful Japanese clans in the Chinese city of Ningbo and beyond led to what?

A
All representatives of both clans were barred from China
B
The city was demolished
C
A diplomatic protest by China
D
All official trade between China and Japan was stopped
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Q4. Until the Kingdom of Hellas (Greece), newly recognised internationally as independent in 1832, chose and established its capital in Athens which city served as the Kingdom's capital?

A
Corinth
B
Nafplio
C
Piraeus
D
Megara
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Q5. What was the name of the line of fortification that ran across Italy during World War II from just north of where the Garigliano River flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea in the west, through the Apennine Mountains to the mouth of the Sangro River on the Adriatic coast in the east via Monte Cassino and Monte Cairo?

A
Gustav Line
B
Siegfried Line
C
Maginot Line
D
Mason-Dixon Line
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Q6. Where was the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles, held?

A
St Paul's Cathedral
B
Westminster Abbey
C
Windsor Guildhall
D
Buckingham Palace
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Q7. In which country, independent since 10 October 1970, have there been four coups: two in 1987 (when the military began ruling directly or heavily influencing governments), one in 2000 and one in late 2006?

A
Samoa
B
Fiji
C
Vanuatu
D
Australia
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