History Quiz #211
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Q1. In Greek mythology, what was the name for the deepest part of hell, for those who had committed really bad crimes?
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Q2. Which of these was an Italian military and political figure who joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries In his twenties, and fled Italy after a failed insurrection?
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Q3. Which war, from 1853 to 1856, was between Turkey and Sardinia together with (from 1854) Britain and France, on one side and Russia on the other?
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Q4. In English mythology, who were Galligantus and Bunderbore?
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Q5. In central and northern Italy, the Guelphs, who supported the Pope, and Ghibellines, who supported the Holy Roman Emperor, became a metaphor for rivalry between individual families and cities. When was this?
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Q6. What is the name of the cooperation between the USA and Mexico and countries of Central America, with the aim of combating the threats of drug trafficking, transnational organized crime and money laundering?
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Q7. What is the last part of a famous quotation from Malcolm X that begins "we didn't land on Plymouth Rock, brothers and sisters, ...."
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