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History Quiz #577

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 3 February 2020

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Q1. As at 2006 elections which Sunni Islamist paramilitary organisation and political party holds a majority of seats in the legislative council of the State of Palestine, the name since 2012 of the Palestinian National Authority?

A
Fatah
B
Hamas
C
Hezbollah
D
Tory
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Q2. "The Shining Path" is a Maoist revolutionary movement based where?

A
South Korea
B
Peru
C
The Ukraine
D
Australia
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Q3. Opened in 1890, with 6 stations over 3.2 miles (5.1 km) and running in a pair of tunnels between the City of London and Stockwell passing under the River Thames, what was the first deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use electric traction?

A
London and South Western Railway
B
The Central Line
C
The Metropolitan Railway
D
The City and South London Railway
Select from the options above.

Q4. What was the name of the result of a nationwide census of virtually everything in England and Wales that was ordered by William I in 1085?

A
The Domesday Book
B
The Rosetta Stone
C
The Dead Sea Scrolls
D
Sutton Hoo
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Q5. Which of these historical periods in Britain is most recent?

A
Tudor
B
Elizabethan
C
Stuart
D
Regency
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Q6. What name was given to the English Civil war in the 15th century between the rival houses of Lancaster and York?

A
The Oxford Debate
B
The London Matchgirls' Strike
C
American War of Independence
D
Wars of the Roses
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Q7. What was the popular name for Bethlem (or Bethlehem) Hospital, the first home for the insane in Britain established in 1403?

A
Tower of Babel
B
Chaos
C
Mad House
D
Bedlam
Select from the options above.
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