History Quiz #201
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Q1. Which US president declared the first national Mother's Day in the USA?
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Q2. Under the Treaty of Breda (31 July 1667), negotiated to end the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch kept the colony of Suriname conquered from the English, and left the English with what area of land?
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Q3. Because of a disputed election result in December 2010, two candidates, Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, were separately sworn in as the winner of the presidential election in which country?
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Q4. In 1963, US President Johnson imposed a 25 % tax (almost 10 times the average) on potato starch, dextrin, brandy, and light trucks, resulting in VW vans and pickups disappearing from the U.S. market. Why?
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Q5. What was the "Haymarket Massacre" in 1886?
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Q6. On 24 July 2010 at least 19 people are killed and 100 others injured in a stampede at which music festival in Duisburg, Germany?
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Q7. What caused the sinking of the British ship "The Royal Oak" on the night of 13 and 14 October 1939?
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