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History Quiz #765

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 11 September 2023

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Q1. According to Greek mythology, who accompanied Jason on his journey to find the Golden Fleece?

A
Astronauts
B
Argonauts
C
Cosmonauts
D
Dreadnoughts
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Q2. What similarity was there in the 19th century between Valentia Island in Ireland, Darwin in Australia, Heart's Content in Newfoundland, and Cap Gris-Nez in France?

A
They were areas set aside for large-scale convict imprisonment
B
They were some of the earliest terminals for commercial submarine telegraph cables
C
They were national quarantine stations
D
They were major cod-fishing harbours
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Q3. What, in 1337, caused the Hundred Years' War between France and England?

A
France adopted the Salic Law concerning royal succession
B
French king Philip VI claimed the English throne
C
English king Edward III claimed the French throne
D
A dispute over trading rights
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Q4. What name was given to the force raised by the British Government in 1920 from World War I veterans, withdrawn in 1932, to put down disorder in Ireland?

A
Constabulary
B
Irish Militia
C
Squaddies
D
Black and tans
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Q5. What was the main activity of a group founded in 1970 by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, and Ulrike Meinhof?

A
Pirate radio station
B
Rock band
C
Beach volleyball
D
Terrorism
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Q6. Which civilisation left clearly identifiable traces dating from 2600 BCE, with cities on what are now the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Honduras and Southern Mexico and still survives in language today?

A
Toltec
B
Aztec
C
Maya
D
Safesec
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Q7. How many different people were Prime Minister of New Zealand in the first 100 years after it became a Dominion in 1907?

A
30
B
15
C
25
D
21
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