History Quiz #863
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Q1. When British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton led an expedition 1914-17, in the course of which his men spent time on Elephant Island, what was the aim of the expedition?
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Q2. In 1997, while looking in newly declassified documents for records related to the crash of a nuclear-equipped B-52 bomber near Thule air base in Greenland in 1968, the Danish Government discovered which 1960-66 US top secret programme managed from Thule?
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Q3. From the 10th to the 14th centuries Scandinavian and, later, Anglo Saxon warriors formed the guard for Byzantine emperors under what name?
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Q4. Which ancient people were thought to have built large pyramidal structures at Tula and Teotihuacan, Mexico?
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Q5. After a kangaroo court trial in 1989 which European leader and his wife were then executed by firing squad?
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Q6. The naval battle fought on 2 April 1801 known as the Battle of Copenhagen was fought between Denmark and a navy from where?
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Q7. Benjamin Franklin once wrote that nothing was certain in this world except death and what?
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