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History Quiz #41

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 26 October 2009

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Q1. Which of these were the subject of a famous US court case in 1921, which resulted in their execution for murder on 23 August 1927 despite a public outcry and a confession by Celestino Madeiros in 1925?

Note: This question was updated in December 2013
A
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
B
Al Capone and Baby Face Nelson
C
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzettti
D
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow
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Q2. In World War I, the troops of New Zealand and what other country were formed into a single Army Corps called ANZACs?

A
South Africa
B
Canada
C
Australia
D
Fiji
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Q3. In 330 AD, Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome, moved the capital from Rome to where?

A
Athens
B
Byzantium
C
Carthage
D
Cairo
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Q4. Which inn at Cheapside near Friday Street (where, it is said, Shakespeare, Johnson and friends met frequently), was destroyed by the Great Fire of London?

A
Mermaid Tavern
B
Queen Victoria Public House
C
Rovers Return
D
The Lazy Shag
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Q5. Why was the Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1799 and a key to deciphering writing from ancient Egypt, so called?

A
It was given as a present to the Queen of Spain
B
It was discovered by Rosetta Rosetti
C
The stone is in the shape of a rose
D
It was discovered at Rosetta, a town in Egypt
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Q6. What is the name given to the four international treaties made in 1864, 1906, 1929 and 1949 and the three "Protocols" from 1977, that concern the treatment of non-combatants and prisoners of war?

A
Berne Convention
B
Hague Convention
C
Geneva Convention
D
The Treaties of Utrecht
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Q7. Who was the Greek Goddess of health, who was usually represented by a serpent on a staff?

A
Schwarzkopf
B
Palmolivia
C
Buglessia
D
Hygieia
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