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History Quiz #808

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 8 July 2024

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Q1. What term was used when 15 members of a US sports team were allowed to enter mainland China after a period of over 20 years in which Americans, except on very rare occasions, had been denied visas?

A
Footballs across the sea
B
Basketball friendship
C
Hockey wooing
D
Ping pong diplomacy
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Q2. What does the abbreviation CHOGM stand for?

A
Chief Human Organ Gathering Manager
B
Critical House of Green Men
C
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
D
Central Hibernian Organisation for Gender Management
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Q3. In USA, Canada and New Zealand, days highlighted in May, November and April respectively all commemorate what?

A
Emancipation from rule by Great Britain
B
Members of the armed forces who have died in the line of duty
C
Decimalisation
D
Treaty with indigenous peoples
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Q4. In 1815 the Congress of Vienna created United Netherlands, but in 1830 the restive south split off again to form what?

A
Flanders
B
Luxembourg
C
Belgium
D
North France
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Q5. In what year was the Married Women's Property Act passed into British law, that recognised husband and wife as separate legal entities, and gave married women the legal right to sue and be sued, be liable for their own debts, hold stock in their own names and to own, buy and sell separate property?

A
1882
B
1950
C
1776
D
1801
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Q6. Which of these are most associated with the first establishment of democracy as a form of government?

A
Solon and Cleisthenes; 6th century BCE
B
Maximilien Robespierre; 18th century
C
Emperor Constantine; 4th century
D
Genghis Khan; 12th century
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Q7. In ancient Rome, what was the title of a magistrate who was next in importance to a consul?

A
Praefect
B
Praetor
C
Monitor
D
Warden
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