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History Quiz #294

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 1 September 2014

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Q1. In 1508-9 the British-born Venetian explorer Sebastian Cabot led one of the first European expeditions to the north of North America to find what?

Note: This question was updated in October 2016
A
The Arctic Circle
B
Hudson Bay
C
Greenland
D
Northwest Passage
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Q2. The Great Famine in Europe, 1315-17 with effects lasting until at least 1322, was marked by what?

A
Mass suicides
B
Infertility in all farm animals
C
A plague of rats
D
Europe-wide crop failures, and extreme levels of crime, disease, and mass death
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Q3. Which of these is NOT true of Eleanor of Aquitaine?

A
She was Queen consort of England, 1154-1189, to Henry II
B
She was Queen consort of France, 1137-1152, to Louis VII
C
She had no sons
D
She actively participated in the Second Crusade, 1145-1149
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Q4. Richard, Duke of York, the father of the English kings Edward IV and Richard III, was killed at the Battle of Wakefield in which ongoing campaign?

A
Hundred Years' War
B
English Civil War
C
Wars of the Roses
D
Seven Days War
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Q5. What was the original name of the ship, the Golden Hind, used by Francis Drake to circumnavigate the globe?

A
Pingu
B
Puff Daddy
C
Pelican
D
Petunia Clark
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Q6. What is the name given to the retreat from Chiang Kai-shek's forces by the Chinese communists from Jiangxi to Shaanxi, a 9,600 km (5,965 mile), year-long journey that began in October 1934?

A
Dandi Salt March
B
The Long March
C
The Green March
D
March To The Sea
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Q7. The Night of the Long Knives is associated with which political figure?

A
Fidel Castro
B
Joseph Stalin
C
Mao Zedong
D
Adolf Hitler
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