History Quiz #735
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 13 February 2023
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Q1.
Ramesses the Great presided over what empire?
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Q2.
When the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan mounted an invasion of the archipelago of Japan in 1274 and again in 1281, his forces far outnumbered those of Japan and had far more destructive military hardware; what happened on each occasion which defeated them?
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The Mongolian soldiers deserted
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Q3.
Which American revolutionary leader wrote the influential pamphlet "Common Sense" in 1776?
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Q4.
Where was the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Frances Spencer on 29 July 1981, held?
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Q5.
Which of these is a goddess in Egyptian mythology, the wife and sister of Osiris and mother of Horus, who found all of the pieces of Osiris's body after his brother had killed him, chopped him into tiny pieces and scattered them all over Egypt?
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Q6.
How many years ago did Cro-Magnon man, early modern European man, first become distinct?
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Q7.
The partition of India, formalised in 1947, was characterised by religious tension and violence between Hindus and people of which other major religious group?
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