History Quiz #675
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Q1. Donald Trump addressed a crowd on 6 January 2021 down the road from the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. What was the overall drift of what he said?
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Q2. The Oregon Treaty of 1846, which divided "the Oregon Country" along the 49th parallel, gave the USA land which later became parts of Montana and Wyoming, and the states of Washington, Oregon and which other?
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Q3. When did the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire achieve the right to have legislative independence from the United Kingdom?
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Q4. Who became president of Afghanistan in December 2004?
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Q5. In 2016 UNESCO marked a four-cave complex in the sheer limestone cliffs of eastern Gibraltar as a World Heritage Site for its place in preserving and demonstrating what?
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Q6. Which bank, which had opened in 1762 (and was the oldest merchant bank in London) collapsed in 1995 after one of the bank's employees lost £827 million ($1.3 billion) speculating primarily on futures contracts?
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Q7. The Gregorian calendar was named after what public figure at the time?
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