History Quiz #790
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Q1. With what decade was the Dust Bowl, the period of prolonged dust storms and severe drought, in the USA and Canada mainly associated?
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Q2. In which year did Spain establish a fort in Alaska, George Washington become president of the USA, France see the beginning of major political and civil upheaval, mutiny happen on HMS Bounty, and "Auld Lang Syne" become popular?
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Q3. Why have the semi-nomadic Charrúa people in South America almost disappeared from the record since 1831?
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Q4. In 1950, Nancy Hodges of British Columbia became the first woman in the Commonwealth to be what?
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Q5. What is the Roman military formation called the Testudo named after?
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Q6. In what present country was the Kingdom of Kandy?
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Q7. What caused the sinking of the British ship "The Royal Oak" on the night of 13 and 14 October 1939?
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