History Quiz #833
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Q1. Where was Ronald Reagan when he said, as part of a speech on 12 June 1987, "Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall"?
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Q2. Where was the Darién Scheme in Scotland in the late 1690s intended to be carried out?
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Q3. In August 1830, the audience were so stirred by a performance of Auber's "La Muette de Portici" at their capital's opera house, that it led to what successful fight for independence?
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Q4. What is the earliest definitely known use of the axled wheel?
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Q5. What are the Passerelle Clauses?
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Q6. In 1216 Scotland and at least half of England came close to crowning a King of England from another country. Which country?
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Q7. The early Great Wall of China built in the years following 221 BCE, new or by reinforcing existing remains of walls, by the Emperor, Qin Shi Huang, was intended to protect the newly unified empire against whom?
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