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History Quiz #454

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 25 September 2017

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Q1. Between 1973 and 1979, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Nur Mohammad Taraki, Hafizullah Amin and Babrak Karmal were presidents of which country?

A
Iraq
B
Saudi Arabia
C
Afghanistan
D
Iran
Select from the options above.

Q2. The Secretaries-General of the United Nations 1946 to 1991 were successively from Norway, Sweden, Myanmar (Burma), Austria, and Peru; which country was next?

A
Korea
B
Ghana
C
Egypt
D
Nigeria
Select from the options above.

Q3. One of the concerns internationally with Iran's activities before a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2015 was the extent to which it ...?

A
Threw open access to its historical sites
B
Dominated camel racing in the Middle East
C
Used artificial silk in carpet manufacture
D
Enriched uranium
Select from the options above.

Q4. The Compensated Emancipation Act, passed in the USA in 1862, provided for what in addition to the abolition of slavery in Washington, D.C?

A
A free house for each freed slave
B
$10 for each freed slave and financial support for the first three years
C
A new flag for the district
D
Up to $300 per freed slave to slaveholders, $100 to any newly freed slave who left the US
Select from the options above.

Q5. What are Omo I and Omo II, discovered by Richard Leakey in southern Ethiopia?

A
Homo sapiens fossils
B
Pyramids
C
Meteor craters
D
Previously unknown species of hyena
Select from the options above.

Q6. What was the acronym for the headquarters of the strategic command set up in 1951 to co-ordinate the armed forces of NATO?

A
SMERSH
B
SPECTRE
C
SHAPE
D
SHAEF
Select from the options above.

Q7. From 1794 until 1976, when it became independent as the Republic of Seychelles, the Seychelles was governed by which other country?

A
France
B
Great Britain
C
Portugal
D
Germany
Select from the options above.
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