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History Quiz #874

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 13 October 2025

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Q1. Where did a magnitude 7.7 earthquake 12.8 miles (20.6 km) deep occur at 9:42 p.m. local time on 25 October 2010, which generated a "significant tsunami" and resulted in at least 113 people reported dead and over 160 missing?

A
Christchurch, New Zealand
B
Sumatra, Indonesia
C
5 km off the coast of Sri Lanka
D
Guatemala City
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Q2. Before George Washington became President in 1789 of the newly independent United States of America there had been Presidents variously of the Continental Congress of the United Colonies (formed 1774), then the United States Congress under the Articles of Confederation; how many presidencies were there?

A
7
B
5
C
2
D
16
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Q3. Which country, governed by the Danish government as its colony, was made an equal part of the Danish Kingdom in 1953?

A
The Faroe Islands
B
Greenland
C
Iceland
D
Danish West Indies
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Q4. When Britain's first Labour Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, came to power for the second time his appointment was almost immediately followed by what world-affecting event?

A
St Valentine's Day massacre in Chicago
B
Black Tuesday's Wall Street Crash
C
The first Academy Awards were presented in the US
D
Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta from Ireland to begin her work in India
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Q5. What ancient form of measurement was represented by the length of the forearm from the elbow to the middle fingertip?

A
Gelderland morgen
B
Cubit
C
Carat
D
Bushel
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Q6. Which seminal work in the vernacular of his native Tuscany did Dante Alighieri complete shortly before his death in 1321?

A
The Celestial Giggle
B
The Heavenly Chuckle
C
The Divine Comedy
D
The Laughter of the Skies
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Q7. What relationship do hibakusha have to the 1945 dropping of the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

A
Researchers
B
Survivors
C
Witnesses
D
Reconstruction workers
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