History Quiz #534
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Q1. What was unusual at the time about the newspaper published on board the liner Etruria in the mid Atlantic Ocean in February 1903?
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Q2. In World War I, the troops of New Zealand and what other country were formed into a single Army Corps called ANZACs?
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Q3. Which of these was the cause of 8.5 million refugees and half a million deaths between August and December 1947?
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Q4. In the 19th century, Edward Gibbon Wakefield set up which organisation to colonise New Zealand?
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Q5. The first overseas property owned by the government of the USA, a US legation (consulate), was in which city?
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Q6. What position did Boris Johnson hold from 4 May 2008 to 9 May 2016?
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Q7. In England, the monarch has the power of veto over any proposed legislation from Parliament by withholding the Royal Assent. Who last used this power?
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