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History Quiz #861

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 14 July 2025

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Q1. In 2014 at the age of 93 Phyllis Latour Doyle, "Pippa", received the Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur (the Legion of Honour, knight class) for activities in occupied France in World War II; where was she born?

A
South Africa
B
Kenya
C
England
D
New Zealand
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Q2. Why was the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania founded by William Penn?

A
He was heading for Tennessee but became lost and decided to stay
B
He thought that it would be nice to have a place named after him
C
As a safe place for Quakers to live and practise their faith
D
The colonial government was offering bonuses to those who founded commonwealths
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Q3. Which naval battle took place in December 1939, the second major naval battle, apart from the continuous engagements in the long-running Battle of the Atlantic, in the events for the Second World War?

A
Operation Rösselsprung
B
Battle of the River Plate
C
Battle of Danzig Bay
D
Battle of the Denmark Strait
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Q4. Chronologically, Marengo could have hobnobbed with which other of these horses?

A
Blueskin
B
Bucephalus
C
Copenhagen
D
Incitatus
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Q5. What triggered the main peak of the mass extinction of life at the end of the Permian Period?

A
A series of huge volcanic eruptions
B
Impact from a rain of very large asteroids
C
Massive glaciation and the formation of Gondwana
D
An immense wave of cosmic energy from a series of massive supernovas
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Q6. The warriors known as "berserkers" were legendary figures in which mythology?

A
German
B
Danish
C
Finnish
D
Norse
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Q7. According to Greek mythology, which of these was a young man from Abydos who fell in love with a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelt in a tower in Sestos, at the edge of the Hellespont, on the other side of the strait?

A
Argo
B
Hero
C
Leander
D
Jason
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