History Quiz #615
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Q1. When was the first aircraft brought down by another in the course of World War I?
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Q2. In Greek mythology, who were the children of Uranus and Gaia (or Gaea)?
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Q3. Whose followers rose in 1745, taking Edinburgh and defeating the government army in Scotland at the Battle of Prestonpans, marched into England as far as Derby but were defeated by the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746?
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Q4. In 1469, the crowns of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon were united by the marriage of Isabella and Ferdinand. This was an important event in the history of which country?
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Q5. What was the name of the English law court, subsequently abolished in 1641, that had a mandate from Henry VII to deal with nobles who were too powerful to be punished by ordinary courts?
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Q6. What programme run by the US Government since 1961 involves volunteers who work abroad for 24 months in the areas of education, business, information technology, agriculture & the environment?
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Q7. The Unasur Constitutive Treaty, signed on 23 May 2008 in Brasília, Brazil, founded what international body?
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