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History Quiz #449

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 21 August 2017

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Q1. Which country returned to a democratic form of government after the death of dictator Juan Vicente Gomez in 1935?

A
Switzerland
B
Venezuela
C
Ecuador
D
Mexico
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Q2. Which of these lands are thought to have originated in the prehistoric supercontinent of Gondwana?

A
The Arctic
B
South America
C
Iceland
D
Eurasia
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Q3. In the 19th century, in 1831-2, 1848-9 and 1853-4, London in the UK suffered major epidemics of what disease?

A
Plague
B
Whooping cough
C
Measles
D
Cholera
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Q4. In 1204 and 1453 the libraries of which city were destroyed or sold off first by the Crusaders and then by the Ottoman Turks?

A
Tripoli
B
Baghdad
C
Constantinople
D
Córdoba
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Q5. With what is the story of the rape of the Sabine women associated?

A
Star Wars
B
Rome's conquest of Egypt
C
A disagreement between Louisiana and Texas
D
The founding of Rome
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Q6. What was the English court case about in 1670, when the judge withheld food, water, and toilet facilities from jurors for 3 days as he was unsatisfied with their first decision and, when they returned a "not guilty" verdict, fined them?

A
Claude Duval was accused of being a highwayman
B
The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a form of union, were accused of "administering unlawful oaths"
C
William Penn was accused of 'preaching Quakerism to an unlawful assembly'
D
Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist, was accused of treason
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Q7. Which US government official is the equivalent of the British Foreign Secretary?

A
Secretary of State
B
Attorney General
C
Defence Secretary
D
Secretary General
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