History Quiz #308
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Q1. According to Greek mythology, who accompanied Jason on his journey to find the Golden Fleece?
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Q2. What was the dolphin that accompanied vessels near French Pass, a channel used by ships sailing between Wellington and Nelson, New Zealand between 1888 and 1912?
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Q3. Which city was founded in 763, ravaged by the Mongols in 1258, taken by the Turks in 1636, and occupied by the British from 1917 to 1932?
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Q4. Which country was under the influence of the USSR immediately following World War II until 1990 when Wojciech Jaruzelski resigned as president and was succeeded by Lech Wałęsa?
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Q5. The publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1852 aroused much public feeling about what issue in the USA?
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Q6. What was the popular name for the Paris prison at 232 Rue Saint-Antoine that was stormed during the French Revolution in 1789?
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Q7. Pol Pot became the de facto leader of which country in mid-1975, forcing city dwellers to relocate to the countryside to work in collective farms and forced labor projects, toward a goal of "restarting civilization" in "Year Zero", which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 to 2.5 million people, approximately 21% of the population?
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