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History Quiz #447

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 7 August 2017

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Q1. When was the first charter granted to what became The East India Company?

A
1892
B
1600
C
1900
D
1300
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Q2. Revolutions in February and October in 1917 are remembered in what country?

A
France
B
Australia
C
Russia
D
Germany
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Q3. What event on 10 May 1933 was celebrated by Joseph Goebbels in Berlin, Germany, as a "a strong, great and symbolic deed"?

A
Windows of Jewish-owned stores, buildings and synagogues were smashed throughout Germany
B
The swastika flag was first flown by Adolf Hitler's National Socialist German Worker's Party (NSDAP)
C
University students throughout Germany burnt more than 25,000 books
D
The SS and Gestapo assassinated most of the Nazi's own military Brownshirts and others
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Q4. In 1920 the Royal Northwest Mounted Police and the Dominion Police were amalgamated into what force?

A
South African Police Service
B
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
C
The New Zealand Police Force
D
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Gendarmerie royale du Canada)
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Q5. The Triple Entente in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century was an understanding between which three countries?

A
France, Spain and the UK
B
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
C
France, Germany and Austria-Hungary
D
Russia, France and the UK
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Q6. What was the 1911 Xinhai Revolution directly intended to achieve?

A
Overthrow of China's last imperial dynasty
B
Removal of Sun Yat-sen from the Kuomintang
C
Establishment of Chiang Kai-Shek and the Chinese Communist Party in power in China
D
The independence of Mongolia
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Q7. In the Christian calendar, what is the week before Easter, historically a time of abstinence from eating flesh, drinking wine and carrying on business?

A
Ramadan
B
Annunciation
C
Lent
D
Holy Week
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