History Quiz #803
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Q1. Which of these is a legendary winged reptilian creature, a type of dragon often found in mediaeval heraldry, with two legs and a barbed tail, often with two wings that may have clawed tips?
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Q2. An invasion of Great Britain was planned by France in 1744 shortly after the declaration of war between them as part of the War of the Austrian Succession. Why did the invasion not happen?
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Q3. One of Australia's oldest and most important industrial disputes and the subject of Henry Lawson's poem "Freedom on the Wallaby", in 1891 brought central Queensland to the brink of civil war. What group of people was involved?
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Q4. In February 1939 Madison Square Garden was the venue for a rally some 20,000 strong in vociferous support of what or whom?
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Q5. What ancient road ran from Silchester to Weymouth, via Old Sarum and Dorchester?
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Q6. In the Bible, Goliath was a member of what group?
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Q7. Which of these countries is not one Marco Polo is recorded as having visited?
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