History - Quiz Number 10

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Number of questions: 30

1 - When did Canada leave the confederation to become their own nation?





2 - What did the first vending machines in the early 1880's dispense?





3 - Joseph Stalin's real name was Ioseb Bessarionis dze Dzugashvili.



4 - What was Napoleon Bonaparte's name before he changed it?





5 - Who was the President of the United States during the signing of the Gadsden Purchase?





6 - The Second Boer War in 1899 was fought where?





7 - In addition to his career as an astrologer and "prophet", Nostradamus published a 1555 treatise that included a section on what?





8 - What was the name of the German offensive operation in October 1941 to take Moscow before winter?





9 - When did the French Revolution begin?





10 - When did Lithuania declare independence from the Soviet Union?





11 - The ancient city of Chichén Itzá was built by which civilization?





12 - What was the aim of the "Umbrella Revolution" in Hong Kong in 2014?





13 - What was the name of the spy ring that helped the United States win the Revolutionary War?





14 - Who invented the "Flying Shuttle" in 1738; one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving?





15 - The Battle of Trafalgar took place on October 23rd, 1805



16 - Which day did World War I begin?





17 - With which Greek philosopher would you associate the phrase, "I know that I know nothing"?





18 - When did Spanish Peninsular War start?





19 - From 1940 to 1942, what was the capital-in-exile of Free France ?





20 - What did the abbreviation "RMS" stand for in the RMS Titanic in 1912?





21 - Which one of these rulers did not belong to the Habsburg dynasty?





22 - The main objective of the German operation "Case Blue" during World War II was originally to capture what?





23 - Which King of England was faced with the Peasants' Revolt in 1381?





24 - Who assassinated President James A. Garfield?





25 - Japan was part of the Allied Powers during World War I.



26 - What was the last colony the UK ceded marking the end of the British Empire?





27 - List the following Iranic empires in chronological order:





28 - Which of the following was not one of Joseph Stalin's ten blows during World War II?





29 - On which day did ARPANET suffer a 4 hour long network crash?





30 - When was the SS or Schutzstaffel established?






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