History Quiz #845
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Q1. In 1932, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) conducted a manhunt - one of the largest in Canadian history - across sub-Arctic terrain in the dead of winter over 48 days for someone who was said to have committed what initial crime?
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Q2. Queen Elizabeth I of England was from which Royal House?
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Q3. At the end of 1948, the first of a car heralded as "Australia's Own Car" rolled off the production line, officially called "48-215" and known as what?
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Q4. According to Greek legend, who was the muse of history?
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Q5. What term, used by US President George W. Bush in November 2002, came to refer to the countries who supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent military presence in post-invasion Iraq since 2003?
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Q6. The partition of India, formalised in 1947, was characterised by religious tension and violence between Hindus and people of which other major religious group?
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Q7. Among Josef Mengele's masterminding of killing, torture, and deadly experiments what else is understood as an aim of his activities in concentration camps of WW II?
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