History Quiz #545
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Q1. In what year did Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reach the South Pole, the first known to do so?
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Q2. Which country left the British Commonwealth in 1949?
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Q3. In December 2010, Continental Airlines was found criminally responsible for which airline disaster by a Parisian court and was fined €200,000 and ordered to pay Air France €1 million, while Continental mechanic John Taylor was given a 15-month suspended sentence?
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Q4. Which modern country was part of Ottoman Empire from the early 1500s until 1918, when its old area was divided between the British and the French, the new country becoming French until the mandate ended officially in 1946 when it became independent?
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Q5. What was the name given to the 3rd Indian Division commanded by Brigadier Wingate that was engaged in guerrilla warfare behind Japanese lines in Burma in World War II?
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Q6. In January 1506 the first what arrived at the Vatican?
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Q7. What was the capital of Italian East Africa between 1936 and 1941?
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