History Quiz #618
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Q1. Until 1997, the Group of Eight (G8), a forum for powerful governments, was the G7. Which country was the last to join, making it G8?
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Q2. On May 23, 1816, what happened in Estonia?
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Q3. Two triumphal arches were designed in 1806 to stand in Paris and celebrate the successes of Napoléon Bonaparte; one (the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile) was not completed until 1836, but the other was completed in 1808 and stands where?
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Q4. On what day in 1066 was William I crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey?
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Q5. What was the name of the official news agency of the USSR before it broke up?
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Q6. What did the accord popularly known as the Good Friday Agreement, signed in April 1998 and ratified the next month, relate to?
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Q7. What name was given to a series of confrontations in the 1950s and 1970s between the UK and Iceland?
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