History Quiz #335
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Q1. In Britain, what was the name given to the M4 Medium Tank that was produced by the US from World War II until the end of the Korean War?
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Q2. In 2009 Terry Herbert found a hoard of Saxon warrior metal artefacts on land owned by Fred Johnson, which has become known as the Staffordshire Hoard. Which ancient kingdom do the objects come from?
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Q3. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the 9th king of the House of Chakri, who became king in 1946 in which country, became its longest reigning monarch, and the second longest in the world, when his reign ended in 2016?
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Q4. In Britain, rationing ended, the London gold market reopened, Roger Bannister was first to run a mile in under 4 minutes, and the Queen returned from a tour of the Commonwealth in which year?
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Q5. The father of Charlemagne, who was later to become a major force in Europe and Holy Roman Emperor, seized the Frankish throne from what dynasty in 751 CE?
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Q6. In 1881 and 1882 Jules Ferry, Prime Minister of France, succeeded in passing laws in the field of French education which did what?
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Q7. How did the man who later became Britain's King George VI break with tradition when he married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923?
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