History Quiz #61
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Q1. Who was Lawrence Edward Grace Oates, who died on 17 March 1912?
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Q2. What name was given to the loyal refugees that settled in Ontario after the American War of Independence?
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Q3. According to legend, where did Queen Guinevere end her days after the death of her husband, King Arthur?
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Q4. Which American abolitionist was one of a group who seized the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry in October 1859, was wounded, captured and, in December, hanged at Charleston?
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Q5. What is the honour system founded by Napoleon in 1802 that has five classes including Grand Cross and Officer?
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Q6. What object, containing 14 lines of hieroglyphs, 32 of demotic and 54 of Greek, was a key to deciphering writing from ancient Egypt?
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Q7. Why did Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles delay their wedding by a day?
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