History Quiz #814
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Q1. According to legend, who was the sweetheart of Robin Hood?
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Q2. In Greek mythology, who rode Pegasus, the flying horse?
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Q3. French intelligence service (DGSE) agents Captain Dominique Prieur and Commander Alain Mafart were convicted of the manslaughter of photographer Fernando Pereira and sinking a ship, Greenpeace's the "Rainbow Warrior", in 1985, in which harbour?
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Q4. What was the name of the first turbo prop airliner, built in 1950?
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Q5. Mathematicians or code breakers from what country were the first to break the codes in the Enigma machines used by the German military from the 1920s to the 1940s?
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Q6. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was formed in April 1949; when did Germany become a member of NATO?
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Q7. When did Telefónica Romania, the first mobile phone operator in Romania, launch the Telemobil service?
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