History Quiz #732
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 23 January 2023
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Q1.
How many different people were Prime Minister of Australia in the first 100 years after it became a Dominion in 1901?
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2
Q2.
When was the gambling casino, Monte Carlo, first opened in Monaco?
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Q3.
The Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the US Constitution came about after what event?
B
American War of Independence
C
USA entering World War I
D
The assassination of president John F Kennedy
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Q4.
The first crusades called by Europeans to march into the Holy Land and the Middle East and conquer for the Christian Cross marched in 1095; when did the last of the major crusades come to an end?
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Q5.
In 1863 the Netherlands passed legislation to abolish what in its colonies?
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Q6.
Who succeeded Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church, after he was shot and killed on 27 June 1844?
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Q7.
The developing Great East-West Schism between the eastern and western arms of the Christian church was marked in 1054 by which watershed event between the leaders of the two arms?
A
They refused to recognise one another when they met
B
They officially adopted differing holy books
C
They publicly spat at one another
D
They ex-communicated one another
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