History Quiz #491
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Q1. What name was given to an amateur archeologist's find of gold and silver treasures dating back 1400 years in England in September 2009?
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Q2. Betty Lou Oliver held a long-standing Guinness World Record for what event that occurred at 9:40 a.m. on 28 July 1945?
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Q3. The period of the French Revolution when the Girondists were guillotined, which ended with the guillotining of Robespierre, was known as what?
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Q4. Where was the Boer War fought?
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Q5. An international treaty supported by 122 nation states and passed on 7 July 2017 in the United Nations aimed to do what?
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Q6. When was the year of the Great Stink in London, UK, which gave the final impetus to provide funding to design and install London's sewage system?
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Q7. According to Greek legend, which of the 9 Muses was the muse of Dance?
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