History Quiz #470
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Q1. Where are the Kasubi Tombs, also known as the Ssekabaka's Tombs, the burial grounds for four kings, which were badly damaged by fire on 16 March 2010?
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Q2. What is the name given to 1 April, which, according to ancient custom, is still marked in many countries by carrying out hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication?
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Q3. What news source operating from the US Department of Defense that publishes daily newspapers for the US Armed Forces serving overseas was first published in November 1861, during the American Civil War?
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Q4. What was the nickname of the British army regiment called "The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)"?
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Q5. In 1835, James Pratt and John Smith were hanged outside Newgate Prison in London, in the last execution in England for this activity, after a conviction for what?
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Q6. International Workers' Day is observed in many countries of the world on 1 May. What does it commemorate?
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Q7. What historical period in Europe is commonly dated from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the 15th or early 16th century, marked by the rise of nation-states and the beginnings of European overseas expansion?
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