History Quiz #783
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Q1. Until 1997, the Group of Eight (G8), a forum for powerful governments, was the G7. Which country was the last to join, making it G8?
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Q2. Which of these is not a European airport first opened for non-military use before 1920?
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Q3. During the reign of the Tudors in England, what instrument was used to behead those executed by order of the monarch for treason?
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Q4. Aeschylus, Greek religious thinker and playwright, was killed when a tortoise hit him on the head. How did the tortoise land there?
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Q5. In the late 13th century Kublai Khan established what city as his dynasty's capital, and later as his summer retreat?
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Q6. An article of the Swiss constitution dating from 1850 established what?
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Q7. Which of these was the last to come into effect?
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