History Quiz #140
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Q1. 15 monarchs from the House of Plantagenet, including those belonging to cadet branches, ruled England from 1154 until 1485. Why were they called "Plantagenets"?
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Q2. The Battle of Midway, fought between 4 and 7 June 1942, was an important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Why was it called that?
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Q3. In May 1869 at Promontory Summit, a "Golden Spike" ceremony was performed to mark the completion of a railway across which country?
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Q4. What day was proclaimed in 1945 as "VE Day"?
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Q5. Set up in 1954 as a merger of smaller groups, the Front de Libération Nationale fought a war for independence from France until 1962, when the French government signed a cease-fire agreement. The FLN became the only legal party in which country?
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Q6. In 1956, a major uprising in Hungary was put down by forces from where?
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Q7. In March 1836, The Alamo was overrun by what?
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