History Quiz #724
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Q1. Which of these ships is the largest?
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Q2. When Winston Churchill said "Now this is not the end, nor is it even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning", which event was he talking about?
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Q3. In 1523 a violent and destructive clash between two powerful Japanese clans in the Chinese city of Ningbo and beyond led to what?
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Q4. Until the Kingdom of Hellas (Greece), newly recognised internationally as independent in 1832, chose and established its capital in Athens which city served as the Kingdom's capital?
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Q5. What was the name of the line of fortification that ran across Italy during World War II from just north of where the Garigliano River flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea in the west, through the Apennine Mountains to the mouth of the Sangro River on the Adriatic coast in the east via Monte Cassino and Monte Cairo?
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Q6. Where was the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles, held?
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Q7. In which country, independent since 10 October 1970, have there been four coups: two in 1987 (when the military began ruling directly or heavily influencing governments), one in 2000 and one in late 2006?
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