History Quiz #628
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Q1. What is commemorated in Great Britain by Trafalgar Day every 21 October, and by the name of Trafalgar Square in London?
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Q2. During World War II, what was the name given to deliberately created simulations of burning towns that were constructed in Britain to decoy German night bombers away from bombing real towns?
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Q3. The migration of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to the city of Medina in 622, which marked year one of the Islamic calendar, was known as what?
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Q4. On 11 May 2010 David Cameron was asked by Queen Elizabeth II to form a government and, as Prime Minister of the UK, announced that he wished to lead a formal coalition of the Conservative Party and which other party?
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Q5. Because of a disputed election result in December 2010, two candidates, Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, were separately sworn in as the winner of the presidential election in which country?
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Q6. Who was or were baptised into the Christian Church, in "the Baptism of Poland" in 966?
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Q7. In 1952 Britain tested its first atomic weapon. Where was this done?
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