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History Quiz #734

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 6 February 2023

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Q1. In the history of the Iberian Peninsula in the 11th to 13th centuries, what was a "taifa"?

A
A building for worship
B
An independent Muslim-ruled principality
C
A type of sword
D
A farm
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Q2. Which of these modern-day countries was not one of those ruled by the King of Denmark in 1297?

A
Norway
B
Sweden
C
Denmark
D
Poland
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Q3. Who were the parents of 5 girls and a boy, born between 1932 and 1940, who were killed by their mother in Berlin on 1 May 1945, before both parents committed suicide?

A
Joseph & Magda Goebbels
B
Adolph and Eva Hitler
C
Nicholas and Alexandra Romanov
D
Benito and Donna Mussolini
Select from the options above.
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Q4. What was the Congress of Berlin 1878 intended to achieve?

A
Putting Constantinople under German rule
B
Stability of the Balkan states after years of war
C
Stripping Jews of civil rights in the Balkans
D
Elimination of the Ottoman Empire
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Q5. Possession of what was made illegal in California, the first part of the USA to do so, on 6 October 1966?

A
Marijuana
B
LSD
C
Records by Mel Torme
D
Handguns
Select from the options above.
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Q6. What was the name given to the line of German defences that ran across Italy from east to west just north of Florence?

A
Maginot Line
B
Gustav Line
C
Siegfried Line
D
Gothic Line
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Q7. Why did Papua New Guinea's parliament not sit on Tuesday 12 May 2009?

A
A power failure blacked out most of Port Moresby
B
There was rioting in the streets outside
C
A flood caused evacuation of the city
D
They couldn't find the key to the room where the ceremonial mace was stored
Select from the options above.
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