History Quiz #649
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Q1. Referred to as the father of history, the Greek writer Herodotus wrote about the social, political, cultural and economic lead-up to, events and consequences of what?
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Q2. In the 16th century BCE, a census was carried out, thought to be the earliest recorded, of the population of where?
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Q3. In Scandinavian mythology, who were the maidens who rode through the sky on horses, sword in hand, to influence the outcome of battles and select the bravest fighters to live in Valhallah?
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Q4. Of the Presidents of Egypt since it was declared a republic in 1953 who has served the longest?
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Q5. The first vice-president of the USA to be elected President, the father of a future President, assistant in drafting the Declaration of Independence and negotiating peace with Great Britain, and architect of vital government loans from the Netherlands, was who?
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Q6. Which of these was one of the most well known rapid-fire weapons to be used in the 1860s by the Union forces of the American Civil War?
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Q7. To what political party did George Washington, the first president of the USA elected under the Electoral College system, belong?
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