History Quiz #707
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Q1. What was the name of the temporary harbours that were towed to the French coast to facilitate D Day landings on 5 and 6 June 1944?
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Q2. The Iron Cross was awarded to soldiers in World Wars I and II by which country?
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Q3. In a 1956 interview with the American journalist Anna Louise Strong, Mao Zedong described the USA as a paper what?
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Q4. What worldwide movement describing itself as "a fellowship of men and women" was co-founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio?
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Q5. What links a type of footwear, the home of NATO, the best known military exploit of an early British Prime Minister, and the final days of freedom for a Corsican commander?
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Q6. Which 87 sq km (34 sq mi) island in the Caribbean Sea was divided between France and the Netherlands in 1648?
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Q7. What did the ringing of bells throughout the US's National Park Service areas on 19 August 2019 mark?
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