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History Quiz #836

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 20 January 2025

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Q1. Where did Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed, driven by Henri Paul, and accompanied by Trevor Rees-Jones die in a car crash on 31 August 1997?

A
Sidi Daoud, Algeria
B
Pont de l'Alma Tunnel, Paris, France
C
Marble Arch, London, UK
D
Gaza Strip, Palestine
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Q2. What is the main characteristic of the cult jigsaw puzzles first published in 1997 and known as Wasgij?

A
3-D motorised jigsaws
B
Jigsaw of jumbled letters to create as many words as possible
C
Reverse viewpoint
D
Jigsaws with the edges in the centre
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Q3. What native language would Jesus Christ have spoken?

A
Sanskrit
B
Hebrew
C
Aramaic
D
Arabic
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Q4. What military strategy involves destroying anything that might be useful to the enemy while passing through an area, first used by the Scythians against King Darius the Great of Persia around 500 BCE, and known for its use by both sides when Germany attacked and then retreated from the USSR in World War II?

A
Boiled water
B
Burnt ground
C
Scorched earth
D
Fired land
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Q5. What was a unique aspect of the 2015 presidential election in Croatia?

A
It was the first election since Croatia became a member of the European Union
B
The first woman president was elected
C
It saw the first president elected from the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)
D
It was the first election to achieve a result without need for a run-off
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Q6. Vidkun Quisling, infamous in Europe, allied himself and his country for a time with what other European figure?

A
General Franco
B
Benito Mussolini
C
Adolf Hitler
D
Napoléon Bonaparte
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Q7. According to Virgil's Latin epic poem "The Aeneid", who, during the Trojan War, made a wooden horse and filled it with soldiers that the Trojans took through the gates of Troy?

A
Scots
B
Greeks
C
Mexicans
D
Zulus
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