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History Quiz #538

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 6 May 2019

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Q1. Where was the German pocket battleship, the Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled by her captain in 1939 to prevent it falling into British hands?

A
The River Rhine, Germany
B
Scapa Flow, Scotland
C
Outside the port of Montevideo, Uruguay
D
Off the Isle of Wight, UK
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Q2. Why did Captain James Cook give the name "The Sandwich Islands" to the Hawaiian Islands on his discovery of them on 18 January 1778?

A
They were first sighted by Jim Sandwich, the crewman on watch
B
He was eating lunch on the forecastle
C
On the horizon, they looked like a sandwich
D
He named them for John Montagu
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Q3. In May 1869 at Promontory Summit, a "Golden Spike" ceremony was performed to mark the completion of a railway across which country?

Note: This question was updated in November 2024
A
India
B
USA
C
Canada
D
China
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Q4. In 1434, Portuguese mariner Gil Eanes made a major breakthrough to obtain a reliable trade route to Western and Eastern Africa and India by finding a route around which cape?

Note: This question was updated in July 2020
A
Cape of Good Hope
B
Cape Bojador
C
Cape Verde
D
Cape Lopez
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Q5. The theatres for which war included Odessa, Yevpatoriya, Sevastopol, Balaklava, Inkerman, and Kinburn?

A
The Wars of the Roses
B
American Civil War
C
Crimean War
D
The Boer War
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Q6. Built in 1765, what is the oldest commissioned warship in the world, still manned by the British Royal Navy?

A
HMS Belfast
B
Repulse
C
Cutty Sark
D
Victory
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Q7. What are "Kraken"?

A
Natural electrical activity seen around ships' masts
B
Muffins made with raisins
C
Mythical sea monsters from near Norway & Iceland
D
Polish revolutionaries
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