History Quiz #291
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Q1. What did Bikini Atoll become famous for in 1946?
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Q2. In 1840 Queen Victoria in the United Kingdom married her cousin. What was his name?
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Q3. In which country did Juan Domingo Peron seize power in 1943, become president, and resign in 1955?
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Q4. The theatres for which war included Odessa, Yevpatoriya, Sevastopol, Balaklava, Inkerman, and Kinburn?
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Q5. What country, including land from subtropical plains to sub-alpine peaks of over 7,000m (23,000 ft), and currently a monarchy, was rated in 2006 as the eighth happiest country in the world?
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Q6. By 1929 actions of the Austrian Schober government, together with the simultaneous Wall Street Crash brought down the then largest and allegedly best-financed Austrian credit institution two years later and resulted in a global financial crisis and ultimately the bank failures of the Great Depression. What were the actions or cause?
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Q7. Which newspaper, established in 1917, expressed the official views of the Soviet government and continued after the collapse of the Soviet Union?
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