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History Quiz #812

Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 5 August 2024

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Q1. What was the capital of the Inca Empire from 1438 to 1532 which, at its peak, dominated a territory that included (from north to south) Ecuador, part of Colombia, the northern half of Chile, and the north-west part of Argentina, and (from west to east) from Bolivia to the Amazonian forests and Peru?

A
Canberra
B
Brasilia
C
Cuzco
D
Lesotho
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Q2. In 2009 Terry Herbert found a hoard of Saxon warrior metal artefacts on land owned by Fred Johnson, which has become known as the Staffordshire Hoard. Which ancient kingdom do the objects come from?

A
Northumbria
B
Powys
C
Mercia
D
Wessex
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Q3. What name was given to the night when Nazis destroyed Jewish businesses and synagogues in November 1938?

A
Black Night
B
Night of the Long Knives
C
Crystal Night
D
Night of Fear
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Q4. Who did the British fight at the Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879?

A
Zulus
B
Pygmies
C
French
D
Maoris
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Q5. How did Marie Antoinette die?

A
Eaten by ants
B
Shot
C
Guillotined
D
Drowned
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Q6. Which is one of two territories which have declared themselves independent since 2008 but remain claimed by their parent country as its occupied territories?

A
Abkhazia
B
Transnistria
C
Naga Self-Administered Zone
D
Mayotte
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Q7. After years of protest demanding a separate state for Marathi-speaking people in India, with the argument that they had a distinct language, culture and history, Bombay State was split into two new states, one being Maharashtra. When did this happen?

A
1960
B
1956
C
1933
D
1970
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