History Quiz #766
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Q1. When the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered what is now known as Tasmania, Australia, in his 1642 voyage what did he name it?
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Q2. Where in Europe was the Great February Flood of 1825, the worst natural disaster in its area in the 19th century?
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Q3. Who is reflected in the name for the Philippines?
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Q4. Which NASA space shuttle was lost after exploding 73 seconds after lift off in 1986?
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Q5. By 1929 actions of the Austrian Schober government, together with the simultaneous Wall Street Crash brought down the then largest and allegedly best-financed Austrian credit institution two years later and resulted in a global financial crisis and ultimately the bank failures of the Great Depression. What were the actions or cause?
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Q6. Which of these was a king in England when Vikings invaded?
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Q7. Who is said by some experts to be the "master" referred to in the English nursery rhyme "Baa baa black sheep"?
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