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History Quiz #655

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 2 August 2021

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Q1. One of the first actions taken in China's "Great Leap Forward" was a campaign initiated by Mao Zedong, the first President, to eliminate what birds?

A
Sparrows
B
Larks
C
Eagles
D
Flamingos
Select from the options above.

Q2. Elizabeth II and which other head of state opened the Channel Tunnel railway tunnel that connects Folkestone (UK) with Coquelles (France) beneath the Channel/La Manche?

A
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
B
Jacques Chirac
C
François Mitterand
D
Nicolas Sarkozy
Select from the options above.

Q3. Multiple areas across the world of up to almost 2 billion hectares each were devastated during 2019 /2020 by sometimes months-long what?

A
Forest or bush fires
B
Swarms of locusts
C
Floods
D
Volcanic eruptions
Select from the options above.

Q4. Under what name is Company Bahadur better known?

A
The British East India Company
B
The Dutch East India Company
C
The Royal African Company
D
The South Sea Company
Select from the options above.

Q5. In 2009, Garrett Camp, a computer programmer and co-founder of StumbleUpon, and Travis Kalanick, co-founder of Red Swoosh, founded what other (controversial) company?

A
AirBnB
B
Ubercab (later Uber)
C
Mailchimp
D
PayPal
Select from the options above.

Q6. What London establishment was created in 1826 by Sir Stamford Raffles?

A
The British Museum
B
London Zoo, Regent's Park
C
The National Portrait Gallery
D
The Royal Society
Select from the options above.

Q7. What caused the closure of the Panama Canal in December 2010, for the first time in 21 years?

A
Extensive dredging near the Centennial Bridge
B
Flooding
C
Repairs being carried out on the Miraflores locks
D
Machinery failure at the Gatún locks
Select from the options above.
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