History Quiz #737
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Q1. Remains of what is thought to be some of the last surviving Neanderthals, from around 43,000 years ago, were found where?
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Q2. According to Malory and Tennyson who was the son of Lancelot and Elaine, raised by nuns and knighted on his arrival at Camelot?
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Q3. From the 1850s up to WW I, passport requirements effectively disappeared in the UK and Europe. What is understood to have led to this?
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Q4. Approximately when did the earliest known major civilisation in the Middle Americas flourish?
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Q5. What title did King Edward VIII of the UK take after his abdication?
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Q6. The Dalton Minimum (roughly 1790-1830) and the Maunder Minimum (1645-1715) are associated with periods of cooler temperatures around the world, and refer to what?
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Q7. Which island fort, built to protect the port of Charleston, South Carolina, USA, was the site of the first action in the American Civil War?
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