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History Quiz #690

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 4 April 2022

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Q1. There have been many peace walls built in Northern Ireland, some 60 of which remain in the 2020s; when were most of them built?

A
1795
B
1920-30
C
1990-7
D
1969 and afterwards
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Q2. The Thirty Years War between Catholic and Protestant countries in the Holy Roman Empire, beginning in 1618, altered in 1635 to become a fight between the Hapsburgs and Spain on one side against which new combatant on the other?

Note: This question was updated in January 2026
A
Italy
B
Greece
C
France
D
Turkey
Select from the options above.

Q3. What was the subject of the referendum held in Australia 1999?

A
To change the number of MPs in federal government
B
To make observance of daylight saving consistent
C
To standardise railway gauges across all states
D
To become a republic
Select from the options above.

Q4. Besides the assassination of US president John F Kennedy, what happened on 22 November 1963?

A
The Beatles play at a Royal Variety Command Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London
B
John Lennon's first son, Julian, is born
C
The album "With the Beatles" is released in London
D
The Beatles play their last-ever gig at The Cavern, Liverpool
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Q5. The world's first publicly subscribed passenger railway, the Stockton and Darlington, opened in England with steam engines when?

A
1865
B
1825
C
1767
D
1725
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Q6. In 1884 Pope Leo XIII published the encyclical "Humanum Genus", which denounced a number of beliefs and practices such as popular sovereignty and the separation of church and state, in relation to which group in particular?

A
Falun Gong
B
Seventh-day Adventists
C
Freemasons
D
Composers of light operas
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Q7. In 1648, Russian explorer Semyon Dezhnyov was the first European to sail through what Strait?

A
Otranto
B
Bass
C
Hormuz
D
Bering
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