History Quiz #202
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Q1. Gibraltar was ceded to the UK by Spain in 1713 and although now semi-autonomous is still under UK government; it has been a strategic advantage to the UK at a number of times, which is NOT one of these?
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Q2. The legendary character called Beowulf killed who and his mother?
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Q3. Whose followers rose in 1745, taking Edinburgh and defeating the government army in Scotland at the Battle of Prestonpans, marched into England as far as Derby but were defeated by the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746?
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Q4. Which of these are creatures from Greek mythology that had the head and body of a woman and the wings and feet of a bird?
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Q5. What was Merlin's position at the court of King Arthur?
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Q6. A senate was the governing body of which of these empires?
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Q7. What was the name of the alliance of trading cities and their guilds, each with their own law system and with armies for mutual aid, that established and maintained a trade monopoly along the coast of Northern Europe, from the Baltic to the North Sea and inland, from the 13th to 17th centuries?
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