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History Quiz #119

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 25 April 2011

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Q1. What name was given to an amateur archeologist's find of gold and silver treasures dating back 1400 years in England in September 2009?

A
The Staffordshire Moorlands
B
The Staffordshire Terrier
C
The Staffordshire China
D
The Staffordshire Hoard
Select from the options above.

Q2. Which thoroughfare was closed and blanketed with flowers, trees and grass for 3 days in May 2010?

Note: This question was updated in August 2019
A
The Champs Elysees, Paris
B
Pall Mall, London
C
Broadway, New York
D
Saint Mark's Square, Venice
Select from the options above.

Q3. US President Reagan appointed two Republicans and one Democrat (John Tower, Brent Scowcroft and Edmund Muskie, known as the "Tower Commission") to investigate what?

A
Troopergate
B
Watergate
C
Iran-Contra affair
D
Travelgate controversy
Select from the options above.

Q4. On 8 April 1933, the state government of Western Australia held a referendum on which subject, in which 68% of the 237,198 voters voted in favour?

A
Providing an aboriginal reservation
B
Introducing daylight saving
C
Starting Sunday trading
D
Seceding from the Commonwealth of Australia
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Q5. What was the last foreign invasion of Britain?

Note: This question was updated in September 2021
A
Napoleonic invasion, 1803-1805
B
French invasion of Wales, 1797
C
Norman conquest under William the Conqueror, 1066
D
German Invasion ("Operation Sealion"), 1940
Select from the options above.

Q6. Which of these events happened first in American history?

A
Civil War
B
Declaration of Independence
C
Custer's Last Stand
D
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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Q7. What caused the ancient Egyptian temples of Dakka, Maharraqa, Wadi es-Sebua, Amada, and Derr to be dismantled in the 1960s and rebuilt elsewhere?

A
Underground mining operations
B
The building of the Aswan Dam
C
They were bought and moved to the USA
D
Sand dunes were covering them
Select from the options above.
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