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	Hard World History Quiz 1 - When did Newfoundland become a part of Canada? 1905 1949 1867 1875 2 - What were the Tonypandy Riots? Riots during the Miner Strikes under Tatcher Riots in Welsh mines in 1910, crushed by the British army Anti-corn-law riots in 1823 Bloody riots in the seventies in Northern Ireland 3 - What was the name of the Swiss satelite-state that was established in 1798 by the French? Swiss Republic Helvetian Republic Baseler republic Chur Republic 4 - In which country was the use of the longbow first reported? Wales Holland Hungary Romania 5 - Which family dominated Japan during the Heian period ? Minamoto Tokugawa Taira Fujiwara 6 - Who was sometime called the "Bohemian corporal"? Napoleon Bonaparte George S. Patton Adolf Hitler Jimmy Hendrix 7 - Which crusade founded the Latin empire in Constantinople? The second crusade The third crusade The fourth crusade The fifth crusade 8 - When was Malaysia formed? 1925 1948 1963 1985 9 - What happened to a Dutch fleet during the Napoleonic wars? It ran aground after the Dutch destroyed some dykes. It destroyed itself when several ships fired at each others during the night by mistake. It was captured by a French cavalry charge. It was sabotaged in Antwerp harbour by English spies to prevent it from reinforcing the French navy after Napoleon gave the Dutch crown to one of his brother 10 - Which of the following US Presidential elections had the closest electoral vote? 2000 (Bush vs Gore) 1976 (Carter vs Ford) 1960 (Kennedy vs Nixon) 1876 (Hayes vs Tilden) 11 - In which US State had Sweden for a time a Colony? New York Maryland Delaware Rhode Island 12 - Which of the following was never part of the Britsh Empire? Zanzibar Dijbouti Malta Cyprus 13 - Who was president of the United States when the first southern states seceded from the Union? Franklin Pierce Abraham Lincoln William Seward James Buchanan 14 - Which British officer was defeated at Isandlwana by Zulu troops armed with shield and spears? Lt. Gen. Lord Chelmsford Sir Henry Bartle Frere Lord Baden-Powell Sir Theophilus Shepstone 15 - Brazil has had 3 capitals during its history. Which are they? Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Brasília Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo Salvador, São Paulo and Brasília 16 - What was the capital of the Zulus under King Cetshwayo? kwa-Zulu Ulundi Zimbabwe Bapedi 17 - King Mongkut is known as the Father of Modern ___ ? Burma Korea Thailand Vietnam 18 - Which of the following was the immediate cause of the Indian Mutiny in 1857? The annexation of Oudh by the British after its ruling dynasty was declared lapsed and incompetent to rule The replacement of Persian with English as the official legal language in British East India Company territories The decision to adopt Enfield Rifles with cartridges greased in pig and cow tallow that soldiers had to rip open with their teeth Britain's establishment of the Hindu Dogra Rajputs as rulers of predominantly Muslim Kashmir 19 - What was the name of the (possibly mythical) first ruling dynasty of China? Shang Han Chin Xia 20 - On July 2, 1881, lawyer and itinerant preacher Charles Guiteau fatally shot recently-elected US President James Garfield. Why? Guiteau had asked to become ambassador to France and had been rejected Guiteau was a Democrat and thus disliked the Republican Garfield Guiteau believed his wife had cheated on him with Garfield several years earlier Guiteau believed that God had ordered him to do it Homepage