History Quiz #193
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Q1. What is commemorated in Great Britain by Trafalgar Day every 21 October, and by the name of Trafalgar Square in London?
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Q2. Where was the Battle of Hastings, which took place on 14 October 1066 between the Norman army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army of King Harold II?
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Q3. What was the first land passage between Manhattan Island and Brooklyn that, on its opening in 1883, became the longest suspension bridge in the world and its towers the tallest structures in the Western Hemisphere?
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Q4. King Umberto II ruled Italy for thirty-four days from 9 May 1946 to 12 June 1946. What caused his reign to end?
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Q5. What was the code name for the German invasion of Russia in World War II?
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Q6. The Romanov Dynasty (Peter I, Catherine I, Peter II, Anna, Ivan VI, Elizabeth, Peter III, Catherine II the Great, Paul I, Alexander I, Constantine I, Nicholas I, Alexander II , Alexander III and Nicholas II) ruled which country?
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Q7. In Norse mythology, who was best known for carrying a hammer?
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