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Q1. One of Hannibal's most famous achievements was at the outbreak of the Second Punic War, when he marched an army, which included war elephants, from Iberia over the Pyrenees and the Alps into northern Italy with the intention of attacking Rome. What city was he from?

A
Moscow
B
Edinburgh
C
New York
D
Carthage
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Q2. What party overthrew the government of Iraq in 1968?

A
Taaps
B
Baasin
C
Shoower
D
Baath
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Q3. How many leaders world-wide are recognised in 2024 as absolute monarchs?

A
6
B
4
C
3
D
13
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Q4. A nobleman who spent at least 32 years in asylums and prison (10 in the Bastille), the Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) was famous for a life preoccupation which led to famous (hopefully) fictional writings, of which kind?

A
Lives of the saints
B
Romantic comedy
C
Erotica combining philosophy with pornography, emphasising violence, criminality and blasphemy
D
Children's stories
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Q5. In 1632 the Puritan William Prynne published "Histriomastix", over a thousand pages, showing that ".. (what) ..." were unlawful, incentives to immorality, and condemned by the scriptures, the fathers, modern Christian writers, and the wisest of the heathen philosophers. What were the things?

A
Arranged marriages
B
Sculptures
C
Stage plays
D
Charging interest on loans
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Q6. Josephus who lived in the 1st century CE was a military commander and scholar but is now known more for his work as what?

A
Doctor
B
Historian
C
Politician
D
Orator
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Q7. How did the Russian physicist and politician, Boris Nemtsov, die in February 2015?

A
He was shot in the back near the Red Square in Moscow
B
He died of pancreatic cancer
C
He fell off a bridge near the Kremlin and drowned
D
He overdosed on vitamins
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