History Quiz #241
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Q1. Who is the next in this series: Mary Ann Nichols ("Polly") , Annie Chapman ("Dark Annie", maiden name Eliza Ann Smith) , Elizabeth Stride ("Long Liz"), Catherine Eddowes (also known as "Kate Conway", "Kate Kelly" and "Mary Ann Kelly") ... ?
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Q2. US TV personality Jerry Springer was once mayor of which city?
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Q3. Who emigrated to the USA in 1842, co-founded a detective agency in Chicago in 1850, and played an influential role in the founding of the US Secret Service?
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Q4. Leif Ericson, a Norse explorer regarded as the first European to land in North America before Christopher Columbus, established a settlement at Vinland, which has been tentatively identified as being where?
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Q5. What Spanish city became famous in the middle ages for swords and fine steel?
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Q6. According to Greek mythology, Penelope was whose faithful wife?
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Q7. In which country, independent since 10 October 1970, have there been four coups: two in 1987 (when the military began ruling directly or heavily influencing governments), one in 2000 and one in late 2006?
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