History Quiz #114
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Q1. Between 1973 and 1979, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Nur Mohammad Taraki, Hafizullah Amin and Babrak Karmal were presidents of which country?
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Q2. What was the nickname of the British army regiment called "The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)"?
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Q3. In 1930, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina began a thirty-one year dictatorship of where?
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Q4. What are the first words of The Gettysburg Address, a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War?
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Q5. Mutesa I (1835-1884), Mwanga II (1867-1903), Daudi Chwa II (1896-1939) & Sir Edward Mutesa II (1924-1969), four previous kabakas (kings of Buganda), are buried at which UNESCO World Heritage Site?
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Q6. On May 21, 2009, Apa Sherpa set a new record for the most ascents of Mt Everest. How many times had he reached the top?
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Q7. The Caroline Norton court case highlighted the injustice of what British law?
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