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History Quiz #461

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 13 November 2017

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Q1. Ex-US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plays which musical instrument?

A
Violin
B
Piano
C
Sousaphone
D
Oboe
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Q2. Where did Malcolm Campbell set a land speed record of 245.7 m.p.h. in 1931?

A
Salt Lake, Utah, USA
B
Daytona, USA
C
Alice Springs, Central Australia
D
Donington Park, UK
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Q3. Which of these events occurred last?

A
Death of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson
B
Death of Beethoven
C
Death of Napoleon Bonaparte
D
Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species"
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Q4. Mutesa I (1835-1884), Mwanga II (1867-1903), Daudi Chwa II (1896-1939) & Sir Edward Mutesa II (1924-1969), four previous kabakas (kings of Buganda), are buried at which UNESCO World Heritage Site?

A
The Kasubi Tombs
B
Kakadu
C
The Valley of the Kings
D
Deir el-Medina
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Q5. Between 1950 and 1953 the US forces are said to have dropped 635,000 tons of bombs and 32,557 tons of napalm across what country?

A
Philippines
B
North Vietnam
C
Laos
D
North Korea
Select from the options above.

Q6. In an operation headed by Ali Hassan al-Majid (a cousin of then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein), Iraq used the deadly nerve gas Sarin against what minority in 1987 and 1988?

A
Kurds
B
Chechens
C
Romanians
D
Poles
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Q7. What was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948, "as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations"?

A
Declaration on the conversion to peaceful needs of the resources released by disarmament
B
Declaration of the Rights of the Child
C
Declaration on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear and Thermonuclear Weapons
D
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Select from the options above.
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