History Quiz #449
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Q1. Which country returned to a democratic form of government after the death of dictator Juan Vicente Gomez in 1935?
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Q2. Which of these lands are thought to have originated in the prehistoric supercontinent of Gondwana?
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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?
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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?
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Q5. With what is the story of the rape of the Sabine women associated?
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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?
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Q7. Which US government official is the equivalent of the British Foreign Secretary?
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