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History Quiz #717

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 10 October 2022

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Q1. Why did the British parliament pass Acts such as the Dress Act (1746), the Act of Proscription (1746), and the Heritable Jurisdictions Act (1746)?

A
To improve the moral tenor of society
B
To destroy the Scottish clan system
C
To regulate commercial transactions
D
To restore the authority of parliament over the king
Select from the options above.

Q2. Which event in late 2022 devastated the Cayman Islands, Cuba and south east USA?

A
Magnitude 9 earthquake
B
Category 4 hurricane
C
Hit from a Russian long-distance ballistic missile
D
Locust plague
Select from the options above.

Q3. The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery, but also by inference allowed what?

A
Restriction of voting rights
B
Penal labour by convicts
C
Imposition of high taxation on freed slaves
D
Requirement for slaves to buy themselves from their former owners
Select from the options above.

Q4. Which house on the Mall was the residence of Elizabeth the Queen Mother from 1953 to 2002?

A
Clarence House
B
Highgrove
C
Holyrood House
D
Kensington Palace
Select from the options above.

Q5. In 2022 the National Tax Agency in Japan designed a campaign to do what?

A
Lift the Agency's profile
B
Increase spending nationally as restrictions to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic eased
C
Encourage young people in Japan to drink more alcohol
D
Canvass an increase in sales tax
Select from the options above.

Q6. The USA passed an Act in 1856, the Guano Islands Act, which provided for what?

A
Setting the price of guano
B
Mining US islands which have guano deposits
C
Establishing fertiliser factories
D
Taking possession of any unclaimed islands which had guano deposits
Select from the options above.

Q7. Which of these is the name of a gallows, last used in 1783, that used to stand near what is now Marble Arch in London, England?

A
Holburn
B
Tyburn
C
Winchester
D
Kensington
Select from the options above.
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