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History Quiz #424

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 27 February 2017

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Q1. What did Estonia experience in 2007, particularly in waves on April 27 to May 3, and May 8 and 9?

A
Marches and festivals to celebrate the birth of Princess Isabella of Denmark
B
Disruption of airplane flights due to the erupting volcano Öræfajökull, Iceland
C
Stock market plunges
D
Cyber attacks
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Q2. Depending on the region, what is the period from about 3200 BCE to 500 BCE known as?

A
Stone Age
B
Bronze Age
C
Tin Age
D
Iron Age
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Q3. How did Italian dictator Benito Mussolini die in 1945?

A
He was shot by Italians
B
He was killed in a car accident
C
He burned to death in a burning building
D
He tripped down stairs, fell and broke his neck
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Q4. Which of these Elizabeth/Elisabeths did not have the title of Queen?

A
Elizabeth Philippine Marie Hélène, grand-daughter of Louis XV of France, 1764 - 1794
B
Elizabeth of Valois or Isabella, daughter of Henry II of France, 1546 - 1568
C
The daughter of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and George VI of England, born 1926.
D
The daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, 1837 - 98
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Q5. In October 1981 France abolished what?

A
The death penalty and the guillotine
B
Nuclear testing in the atmosphere over Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific
C
Selling crêpes on the Paris Metro
D
The burqa
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Q6. What is the name for the massacre of the French ruling class while in church by local people at Palermo in 1282 that started a revolution that spread to other parts of the country?

A
The Crush of the Huguenots
B
St Valentine's Day Massacre
C
Bloody Sunday
D
Sicilian Vespers
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Q7. In 2014 the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) at its Wales Summit officially affirmed what?

A
Croatia and Albania as the 28th and 29th member countries
B
NATO would undertake defence of members against cyber attack
C
The end of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative
D
Intensified international social media action
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