History Quiz #535
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Q1. Where was the Congress held in 1814-15, chiefly between Britain, France, Russia, Austria and Prussia, that adjusted frontiers after the fall of Napoleon?
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Q2. What was the Watergate building that was the subject of a US political scandal that began in 1972?
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Q3. Where were tanks used for the first time in battle?
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Q4. The World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO, formed in 1967 and joining the United Nations in 1974 as one its specialised agencies, includes what among its aims?
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Q5. How many different people were Prime Minister of Canada in the first 100 years after the first was appointed in 1867?
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Q6. In what is now Iran in 1951 to 1954, what led to the Shah fleeing the country, the Prime Minister trying to dissolve parliament, crude oil being imported from Kuwait, and a breakdown of diplomatic relations with Britain and the USA?
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Q7. The 1812 Fire of Moscow, on 14 September 1812, broke out after most residents and Russian troops had abandoned the city, and whose troops had entered it?
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