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History Quiz #780

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 25 December 2023

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Q1. Where was "the Maccabiah bridge collapse", the failure of a pedestrian bridge over the Yarkon River on 14 July 1997 which killed 4 and injured 60?

A
Pasadena, Texas, USA
B
Cornwall, England
C
Tel Aviv, Israel
D
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Q2. When British navigator James Cook arrived at what are now called Cook Islands what did he name them?

A
San Bernardo
B
Cook Islands
C
Hervey Islands
D
Gente Hermosa
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Q3. In a May 1940 operation codenamed "Operation Fork" the British Royal Navy and Royal Marines invaded where?

A
Malta
B
Iceland
C
Sicily
D
Greenland
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Q4. Which international agreement did the US join In November 2016, withdraw from in November 2020, and re-join in February 2021?

A
Joint Plan of Action
B
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
C
FATCA agreement between Canada and the United States
D
2015 Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
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Q5. What was the function of the Cloaca Maxima in ancient Rome?

A
Main brothel area
B
Forum for discussion on city services
C
Centre for market stalls
D
To drain the city sewage and waste water, and the local marshes
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Q6. To investigate his theories of the diaspora of South American peoples, who sailed in a balsa raft called Kon-Tiki across the Pacific Ocean in 1947?

A
James Cook
B
Thor Heyerdahl
C
James Chichester
D
Roald Amundsen
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Q7. Following August 1945 Mongolia gained its independence from the Republic of China as a result of what?

A
A vote
B
A birthday party for Chiang Kai-shek's son
C
A meteor strike
D
Growing friendship
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