History Quiz #203
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Q1. Where was "the Maccabiah bridge collapse", the failure of a pedestrian bridge over the Yarkon River on 14 July 1997 which killed 4 and injured 60?
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Q2. Which of these events in World War II occurred first?
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Q3. What region lies mainly in the Dinaric Alps, ranging to the southern borders of the Pannonian plain, with the rivers Sava and Drina marking its northern and eastern borders?
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Q4. What was the name given in England to the ringing, introduced by William the Conqueror, of a bell at sunset or 8pm in winter as a signal to extinguish fires and lights?
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Q5. The French and what other nation sent colonists to New Zealand in the 1830s?
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Q6. The early kings of Scotland are buried on which island?
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Q7. What caused Richard I of England to be out of the country between 1190 and 1194, when his younger brother John tried to take control?
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