History Quiz #478
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Q1. Between 1180 and 1185 the Genpei War (or the JishÅ-Juei War) was waged between which two forces?
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Q2. What was the nickname of the British army regiment called the "8th King's Royal Irish Hussars"?
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Q3. Nicholas II was the last Emperor of which country until he abdicated following the February Revolution of 1917?
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Q4. In August 1830, the audience were so stirred by a performance of Auber's "La Muette de Portici" at their capital's opera house, that it led to what successful fight for independence?
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Q5. When were The Yeomen of the Guard (Beefeaters) established in England?
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Q6. What engineering work was opened by Mayor McLellan on 27 October 1904?
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Q7. The Caroline Norton court case highlighted the injustice of what British law?
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