History Quiz #196
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Q1. In 1961 US President John F Kennedy negotiated for the release of the 1,189 survivors out of 1,500 men directed and trained by the USA who had tried to invade which country?
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Q2. According to Greek mythology, who spent eternity in the underworld with food and drink just out of reach?
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Q3. The first vice-president of the USA to be elected President, the father of a future President, assistant in drafting the Declaration of Independence and negotiating peace with Great Britain, and architect of vital government loans from the Netherlands, was who?
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Q4. Who is the only president of the USA to serve non-consecutive terms?
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Q5. Until Tony Blair, which of Britain's Labour Prime Ministers was in office for the longest overall time?
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Q6. In 1961 in Paris, the French police attacked a peaceful but illegal demonstration of around 30,000 people, killing between 40 and 200, who were protesting about what?
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Q7. What was the cause of the sinking of the "Lusitania" in May 1915 and the subsequent deaths of 1,198 people?
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