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History Quiz #29

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 3 August 2009

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Q1. Where was the Congress held in 1814-15, chiefly between Britain, France, Russia, Austria and Prussia, that adjusted frontiers after the fall of Napoleon?

A
The Hague
B
Geneva
C
Vienna
D
London
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Q2. Why did Captain James Cook give the name "The Sandwich Islands" to the Hawaiian Islands on his discovery of them on 18 January 1778?

A
They were first sighted by Jim Sandwich, the crewman on watch
B
He was eating lunch on the forecastle
C
On the horizon, they looked like a sandwich
D
He named them for John Montagu
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Q3. Which of these was the cause of 8.5 million refugees and half a million deaths between August and December 1947?

Note: This question was updated in February 2014
A
The eruption of Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines
B
The long march in China
C
The partition of India
D
Hurricane Alfred in the Caribbean
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Q4. In 1434, Portuguese mariner Gil Eanes made a major breakthrough to obtain a reliable trade route to Western and Eastern Africa and India by finding a route around which cape?

Note: This question was updated in July 2020
A
Cape of Good Hope
B
Cape Bojador
C
Cape Verde
D
Cape Lopez
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Q5. What is the former name of Helsinki, Finland?

Note: This question was updated in June 2018
A
Helsingfors
B
Elsinor
C
Helsingor
D
Eleanor
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Q6. Which Greek God is the equivalent of the Roman God Neptune?

A
Apollo
B
Eros
C
Poseidon
D
Pluto
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Q7. At the end of The War of 1812, the USA held Canadian territory near Detroit, and the British held parts of which Eastern state?

A
New Hampshire
B
Maine
C
Vermont
D
New Jersey
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