History Quiz #331
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Q1. Yingluck Shinawatra, the last democratically elected Prime Minister of Thailand (in 2011), is related to Thaksin Shinawatra, the first democratically elected leader under Thailand's 1997 constitution; what relation are they?
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Q2. The marriage of which of these lasted the shortest time?
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Q3. What estate, presented to the British nation in 1917, is an official residence of the Prime Minister?
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Q4. In 1815 the Congress of Vienna created United Netherlands, but in 1830 the restive south split off again to form what?
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Q5. What was the name of the first nuclear-powered submarine, launched on 21 January 1954?
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Q6. Which American abolitionist was one of a group who seized the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry in October 1859, was wounded, captured and, in December, hanged at Charleston?
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Q7. Why was the Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1799 and a key to deciphering writing from ancient Egypt, so called?
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