History Quiz #386
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Q1. Where was the testing ground for British nuclear weapons in 1957?
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Q2. Who became King of England and Lord of Ireland after defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field?
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Q3. John Calvin, 16th century French theologian, was the autocrat of which city for 23 years, established it as a theocracy, provided harsh punishments for moral transgressions and transformed the city into a principal centre in the Protestant Reformation?
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Q4. What name were the treaties of: 1763, France ceded all its territories in America east of Mississippi (except New Orleans), in the West Indies and in India to Britain; 1783, recognised USA's independence from Britain; 1898, Spain relinquished almost all of its remaining overseas territories to the USA?
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Q5. "Ted" Kaczynski, an American anti-industrialist and mathematical prodigy, became known as what?
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Q6. When Queen Victoria died in January 1901 how long had she been on the United Kingdom's throne?
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Q7. Which of the following has never been Prime Minister of Great Britain or the United Kingdom?
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