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History Quiz #727

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 19 December 2022

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Q1. Which country annexed Korea in 1910?

A
Suriname
B
Japan
C
Monaco
D
San Marino
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Q2. When did the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the bill of rights entrenched in Canadian law as part of the Constitution Act, come into force?

A
1982
B
1960
C
1947
D
1993
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Q3. He led the Kuomintang for five decades, was born in Zhejiang on the east coast of China and died in Taipei; who was he?

A
Jiang Zemin
B
Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925)
C
Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975)
D
Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997)
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Q4. Who, in the years prior to World War II, conceived and oversaw the development of an integrated air defence system for England which included radar, human observers, raid plotting and radio control of aircraft?

A
Winston Churchill
B
Hugh Dowding
C
Neville Chamberlain
D
Frank Whittle
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Q5. In August 2009, Britain's largest jewel robbery took place at which store?

A
H. Samuel's, Market Street, Manchester
B
Graff Diamonds, Mayfair, London
C
Tiffany & Co., Old Kent Road, London
D
House of Fabergé, Carnaby Street, London
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Q6. On 17 May 1928 the Royal Flying Doctor Service made its first official flight in what country?

A
Thailand
B
Wales
C
India
D
Australia
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Q7. Which phrase that first came to public attention as a U.S. television commercial for the Wendy's chain of hamburger restaurants in 1984 became associated with the 1984 U.S. presidential election when Walter Mondale ridiculed Gary Hart's candidacy?

A
Think
B
Where's the beef?
C
Who's Got Big Buns?
D
Low fat formula
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