History Quiz #9
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Q1. When was the Euro first used as a unit of currency?
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Q2. Nelson beat Napoleon's fleet, which lost 13 of 17 ships, in which battle in Aboukir Bay on 1 August 1793?
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Q3. Which chief laid siege to Fort Detroit in 1763, an action that led to widespread rebellion against colonists in the area around Ohio and Illinois?
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Q4. What organisation, formed by Reverend John Flynn and based in Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, began in 1928?.
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Q5. Who, with his crew, was credited as being the first person to circumnavigate the continents of North and South America, including a transit of the Northwest Passage?
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Q6. According to Roman legend, which son of Ceres was turned into a river in Tartarus which supplied the Titans with water in their battle with the gods?
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Q7. What phrase used by the US during the Cold War to justify American intervention around the world, suggested that if any country came under the influence of communism, the surrounding countries would follow?
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