History Quiz #64
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Q1. In which book of the Christian Bible is the story of Lazarus being raised from the dead?
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Q2. To end The War of 1812, the USA and Great Britain signed which treaty on 24 December 1814?
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Q3. Which city was hit by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake about 5 kilometers below its centre at 12:29 a.m. 23 December 1972, killing around 5,000 of the 400,000 population, injuring 20,000 and leaving over 250,000 homeless?
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Q4. In which country was there a civil war which lasted several decades following independence in November 1975, when three main guerrilla groups, the FNLA, MPLA and UNITA, fought each other?
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Q5. Pol Pot became the de facto leader of which country in mid-1975, forcing city dwellers to relocate to the countryside to work in collective farms and forced labor projects, toward a goal of "restarting civilization" in "Year Zero", which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 to 2.5 million people, approximately 21% of the population?
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Q6. What was first brought to Europe by Francisco Fernandes, and sent as a treat by Jean Nicot to Catherine de Medici?
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Q7. With the history of which country is Gandhi associated?
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