History Quiz #740
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 20 March 2023
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Q1.
For whom was Daedalus said to have built a labyrinth?
A
Cocalus, king of Agrigentum
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2
Q2.
John Lombe's water-powered silk mill at Derby, operational from 1721, is generally acknowledged as being the first what?
C
Workplace to recognise a union
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Q3.
The death of which dictator, closely associated with revolution and with World War II, happened in 1953 while he was in office as leader of his country?
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Q4.
Which country, after Sultan Hussein Shah signed a treaty with the British East India Company on 6 February 1819, officially became a British colony on 2 August 1824 by a new treaty with the Sultan and the Temmenggong?
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Q5.
The latter half of the 11th century and the battle of Manzikert in 1071 marked the beginning of a long decline and eventual disappearance of what?
A
The Western Roman Empire
B
The Byzantine, or the Greek-speaking Roman, Empire
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Q6.
On 1 June 1979 what had been (Southern) Rhodesia dropped the name and became what?
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Q7.
What was the name given to people who went to California to join in the goldrush in the mid 19th century?
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