History Quiz #866
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Q1. Where was the testing ground for British nuclear weapons in 1957?
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Q2. Why is the city of Williamsburg, the capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1780, so named?
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Q3. For 21 years, until 2025, Australian politics were characterised by one-term governments for its Prime Ministers; what Prime Minister and party broke the record in May by being re-elected?
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Q4. In 794 CE the Emperor of Japan established his place of residence and his court, effectively his capital, in which city?
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Q5. In 1403, Venice imposed a waiting period for those wishing to enter the city, to see if they would develop the plague. How long was this period of isolation?
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Q6. After Mao Zedong, chairman of the Communist Party of China, launched the Cultural Revolution on 16 May 1966, he attempted to mobilise China's youth, who formed what groups around the country?
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Q7. Iceland voted overwhelmingly in 1944 to declare independence from which country?
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