History Quiz #494
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Q1. When did Mount Fuji last erupt?
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Q2. In mediaeval England and other European countries how was the price of a loaf of bread determined?
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Q3. What US federal agency that was founded on 3 March 1915 was dissolved on 1 October 1958?
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Q4. US President Reagan appointed two Republicans and one Democrat (John Tower, Brent Scowcroft and Edmund Muskie, known as the "Tower Commission") to investigate what?
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Q5. Thomas Cranmer held what position during the reign of Henry VIII, between 3 December 1533 and 4 December 1555?
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Q6. During 2017 and 2018 there were tit-for-tat expulsions of large numbers of diplomats between, on the one hand, the USA and later the UK and 20 other countries, and on the other hand which country?
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Q7. From what country did the Kingdom of Fiji, later the Republic of Fiji, gain independence in 1970?
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