History Quiz #558
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Q1. The Battles of Alamein, Britain and the Bulge took place in which war?
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Q2. In October 2009 it was reported that what were being burnt as fuel at a 'bioenergy' plant in Karlskoga, in the central Sweden to provide heat for the Värmland region?
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Q3. For 17 years, until 1815, Switzerland was under the control of what country?
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Q4. After Mao Zedong, chairman of the Communist Party of China, launched the Cultural Revolution on 16 May 1966, he attempted to mobilise China's youth, who formed what groups around the country?
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Q5. Who or what is Rosemary, the stone image carved behind the choir of the 13th-14th century St. Mary's Church in Lübeck, third largest church in Germany?
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Q6. What became a popular description, following the success of a machine sold by E. Remington and Sons from 1873?
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Q7. After Prime Minister Bishop had been executed by his Deputy, Bernard Coard, US President Reagan, publicly concerned for the security of 800 US students at St. George's School of Medicine, ordered the invasion of which British Commonwealth country?
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