History Quiz #646
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Q1. The 20th century programme known as Fount (or Spring) of Life, was under the personal direction of whom?
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Q2. What did the Treaty of Falaise in 1174 state explicitly for the first time?
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Q3. What was the name of the "state" that was never officially admitted into the Union of the USA after delegates from some North Carolina counties declared independence from North Carolina in 1784, and, in 1788, went back to being part of North Carolina?
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Q4. When did the British Royal House change its name to that of Windsor?
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Q5. What led to Britain, France, Belgium, Portugal, South Africa, Japan, New Zealand and Australia variously controlling the Cameroons, Togoland, Ruanda-Urundi, the Kionga Triangle, South West Africa, the Marshall Islands, the Carolines, the Marianas, the Palau Islands, Kiautschou, Western Samoa, part of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and Nauru?
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Q6. Where did the Bataan Death March, which started in April 1942, take place?
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Q7. From 1885 to 1908, a corporate state of 2,344,000 km² (905,000 square miles), privately controlled by Leopold II, King of the Belgians, became infamous for mistreatment of the local peoples and exploitation of natural resources. What was this area known as?
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