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History Quiz #811

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 29 July 2024

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Q1. Songhai Empire, more than 600 years old and from the 15th to the late 16th centuries one of the largest Islamic empires in history, was where?

A
West Africa
B
Xinjiang, China
C
Turkey
D
Mongolia
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Q2. What organisation was initially behind the first Geneva Convention signed in 1864?

A
The Nightingale Institution
B
International Committee for Relief to the Wounded in War
C
The World Alliance of YMCAs
D
The Russian government
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Q3. Edward the Confessor became King of England in which century?

A
9th
B
11th
C
12th
D
10th
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Q4. The exploits of the hero Beowulf, thought to date from the 8th century or before, are associated with which country or countries?

A
Russia
B
Canada
C
Denmark and Sweden
D
Japan
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Q5. On 1 October 1957 which medication was launched under the trade name Contergan for insomnia and coughs etc, but was refused permission for sale in the US and although approved in Canada briefly was banned in March 1962?

A
Thalidomide
B
Cocaine
C
Fen-Phen
D
Heroin
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Q6. The Emperor Charlemagne famously clashed with the Basques in 778 CE in which of these?

A
The plains of Agincourt
B
The valley between the Fedyukhin Heights and the Causeway Heights, Crimea
C
Pass of Roncevaux, the Pyrenees
D
Waterloo
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Q7. Which of these, among many other things, was directly affected by the 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku, Japan?

A
The time references in computer systems across Tokyo
B
The Northern Lights
C
Bird migration patterns in New Zealand
D
Reactors at Fukushima nuclear power plants
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