History Quiz #394
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Q1. What occasioned the death of Mumtaz Mahal in 1631, at the age of 37?
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Q2. Once the most famous clipper and the fastest, and profitable because of that speed, the UK's Cutty Sark, for a decade from 1885, forged the beginning of a major trade for Australia in what commodity?
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Q3. Which war, from 1853 to 1856, was between Turkey and Sardinia together with (from 1854) Britain and France, on one side and Russia on the other?
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Q4. Near what French town did Marie-Bernarde (Bernadette) Soubirous reportedly see visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858?
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Q5. The lyrics of which song were inspired by the successful American defence of Fort McHenry in September 1814?
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Q6. According to legend, what did Alexander the Great cut with his sword after an oracle said that the person who released it would be master of Asia?
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Q7. What word came to mean a disparaging description of British merchants who returned to Britain, having made a fortune in India, was originally the title for a provincial governor or viceroy of specific parts of India?
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