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History Quiz #213

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 11 February 2013

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Q1. Which western country was the first to extend the right to vote in national elections to women?

A
Switzerland
B
Australia
C
USA
D
New Zealand
Select from the options above.

Q2. Which country, after the collapse of its government-owned bank and via a referendum, decided in March 2010 not to pay Great Britain and the Netherlands the €3.9 billion that it owed them?

A
Ireland
B
Denmark
C
Germany
D
Iceland
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Q3. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) installed as First Consul in France by 1800 and crowned Emperor of France 1804, was born where?

A
Cagliari, Sardinia
B
Ajaccio, Corsica
C
Turin, Italy
D
Marseilles, France
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Q4. Argentina invaded UK's Falkland Islands, Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, Canada became officially independent of the UK, Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the USSR, died, all in what year?

Note: This question was updated in December 2016
A
1980
B
1982
C
1985
D
1975
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Q5. On 31 October 1941, the USS Reuben James, a post-World War I four-funnelled Clemson-class destroyer, became the first US Navy ship to do what?

A
Sink a German U Boat
B
Successfully cross the Atlantic during World War II
C
Be sunk by hostile action in World War II
D
Support a major deep-sea diving operation
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Q6. What caused the end of the last kingdom of Italy?

A
Public referendum
B
The monarch abdicated
C
Italy was annexed
D
The Allies who prevailed in WW II deposed the monarch
Select from the options above.

Q7. Which of these was the last to come into effect?

A
Maastricht Treaty
B
US Constitution
C
Treaties of Rome
D
Geneva Convention
Select from the options above.
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