History Quiz #456
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Q1. What is the Dover Boat?
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Q2. In 1989, there was a peaceful transfer of power to non-Communist governments in East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and which other country?
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Q3. What did the term "scallywag" refer to in America in the 19th century?
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Q4. The site of what modern landmark residence in London, UK, was at one time owned by King Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror, the monks of Westminster Abbey, King Henry VIII, Sir William Blake and Lord Goring?
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Q5. What was the objective of Operation Pastorius, in 1942 at the start of the USA's involvement in World War II?
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Q6. Between 1955 and 1970, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and Angela Davis were significant people in which movement in the USA?
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Q7. When was non-branded standardised packaging for cigarettes and other tobacco products on sale first made a legal requirement?
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