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History Quiz #457

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 16 October 2017

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Q1. In 1797 Norman Cross in Huntingdon, Great Britain, saw something described as the first what?

A
A purpose-built prisoner of war camp
B
Wearing of a top hat in public
C
The issue of the first Bank of England notes which could not be converted to gold
D
Openly admitted opium-affected poem, "Kubla Khan" by Samuel T. Coleridge
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Q2. A major USA dam, completed in 1935, was known as Boulder Dam from 1933 to 1947 at which point its name was changed by a joint resolution of Congress to what?

A
Hoover Dam
B
Grand Coulee Dam
C
Fort Peck Dam
D
Hiwassee Dam
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Q3. Vasco da Gama set sail from Portugal in 1497 to find a direct eastern route to which country?

A
Madagascar
B
China
C
India
D
Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
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Q4. On 16 June 1883 in Sunderland, UK, there was a disaster in which 183 children were asphyxiated; where did it happen?

A
The Sunderland Ice Cave
B
A funfair in Mowbray Park
C
A concert hall called Victoria Hall
D
The Gas Works
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Q5. The representatives of how many countries are party to the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change?

A
10
B
20
C
195
D
55
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Q6. What was the immediate cause in 1975 of at least 17 years of civil war in Mozambique, displacement of at least four million people, the death of perhaps a million more as a result of violence, famine, and disease, and flight of foreign investment?

A
Invasion by South Africa and Zimbabwe
B
Independence
C
An epidemic of the Black Plague
D
Collapse of three major industries
Select from the options above.

Q7. Where was the British ship Royal Oak sunk by German submarine U47 in October 1939?

A
Coral Sea, off the coast of Australia
B
Southampton, England
C
River Plate, South America
D
Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland
Select from the options above.
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