History Quiz #601
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Q1. The 300 strong Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite force in the 4th century BCE Theban army, was composed of what or whom?
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Q2. At the official opening ceremony of which building, on 29 March 1871, did the Prince of Wales take the place of the Queen to declare it open?
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Q3. What was the immediate effect of a decision of the US Supreme Court in 1972 known as Furman v. Georgia?
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Q4. The term Panthalassa is applied to what?
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Q5. After the Parthenon had stood in Athens for over 2,000 years it was destroyed in 1687 by which two countries?
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Q6. During the reign of which English king was there a succession crisis between his supporters and those of his cousin, the Empress Matilda?
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Q7. Which is a legal or statutory provision enacted in USA states between 1895 and 1910 to deny suffrage to African Americans but ensure suffrage to whites however poor and illiterate?
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