History Quiz #473
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Q1. How did the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace in the UK differ from the French Industrial Exposition of 1844 which is said to have inspired it?
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Q2. Which of these sayings is attributed to US president Teddy Roosevelt?
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Q3. What was the name of the plane that Amy Johnson flew solo from Britain to Australia in 1930?
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Q4. Between 1905 and 1907 a bloody interethnic clash continued in European Asia between what peoples?
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Q5. In the USA between 1852 and 1883, who were Reelfoot Williams, Tom Bell, Rattlesnake Dick and Charles Bolles (a.k.a. "Black Bart")?
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Q6. In which year did the South African government lift the ban on the African National Congress, the Pan Africanist Congress, the South African Communist Party and the United Democratic Front, and release Nelson Mandela from prison?
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Q7. In which country did the USA enter a war by sending military advisors in 1950, escalating their involvement until finally combat units played an active part between 1965 and 1975?
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