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History Quiz #871

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 22 September 2025

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Q1. In the six presidential elections held in the USA in the 21st century, how many of those candidates who won the election through the electoral vote also won the popular vote?

A
5
B
6
C
none
D
4
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Q2. What disaster occurred on the San Andreas Fault in 1906?

A
Great Chicago Fire
B
Fire of Moscow
C
Kobe earthquake
D
San Francisco earthquake
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Q3. What name is given to the activities of the specially constituted group of British, American, Russian and French judges that tried NAZI Party leaders and German military commanders after World War II?

A
Geneva Convention
B
Berlin Assizes
C
Hague Tribunal
D
Nuremberg Trials
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Q4. Which of these countries became independent in the twentieth century first?

A
Kenya
B
Pakistan
C
Bangladesh
D
Myanmar
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Q5. Portuguese rule of which country ended in 1975, with the appointment of Samora Machel as its first president?

A
South Africa
B
Hong Kong
C
Singapore
D
Mozambique
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Q6. Led by its first prime minister, Sir Lynden Pindling, the Bahamas became an independent Commonwealth realm separate from the United Kingdom; what year was this?

A
1919
B
1973
C
1948
D
1963
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Q7. Cyrus the Great of Persia, for his religious tolerance, power and skill the only non-Jew to be acclaimed as the Messiah, founded the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BCE which stretched how far?

A
Italy in the west to Afghanistan in the east
B
Iraq in the west to Afghanistan in the east
C
Mesopotamia and Egypt in the west to Kazakhstan in the east
D
Asia Minor in the west to the northwestern areas of India in the east
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