13-06-2005, 06:00 PM
Q 1. Which event was World War I
not responsible for?
1.) Twenty million military and civilian deaths
2.) The first Use of tanks in warfare
3.) The Use Of Military hospital trains
A. The Use Of Military hospital trains..they were first used in american civil war
Q 2. The ancient Romans spoke Latin. Which of the following languages does not derive from Latin?
1.) Spanish
2.) French
3.) German
German
Q.3 Who was in command of the English navy when it fought the Spanish Armada?
1.) Francis Drake
2.) Charles Howard
3.) John Hawkins
Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham, was the Lord Admiral. Drake and Hawkins were under his command.
Q 4. Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders helped Great Britain in the Boer War in South Africa. When did this war begin?
1.) 1854
2.) 1899
3.) 1914
The war lasted from 1899 to 1902. More than twenty-five thousand colonists, including seven thousand Canadians, served in South Africa.
Q 5. Who ordered the execution of Jesus?
1.) Jewish Authorities
2.) Roman Emperor Tiberius
3.) Roman Governor Pontius Pilate
The Roman governor Pontius Pilate was empowered to pronounce a death sentence
Q 6. Which power was not involved in the Crimean War?
1.) Prussia
2.) France
3.) Britain
Prussia had no interests in the Crimea. Although Austria attempted to involve Prussia, she remained neutral, for which she reaped Russian gratitude during the wars of liberation.
Q 7. Aristotle, the Greek philosopher-scientist and tutor of Alexander the Great, thought that the earth was:
1.) A Sphere
2.) A disc floating on water
3.) Flat
Aristotle decided that the earth was a sphere because it always cast a curved shadow on the moon in eclipses.
Q 8. Which rebel war did General Franco not lead?
1.) The Yugoslavian resistance
2.) The Spanish Civil War
3.) The world War II
yugoslav resisitance.Francisco Franco destroyed the Popular Front and made himself dictator of Spain until his death (1936-1975).
Q 9. When did China and Japan go to war in this century?
1.) 1931
2.) 1937
3.) 1941
On September 18, 1931 the Japanese accused the Chinese army of attacking the Japanese Kwantung army at Mukden, the capital of Manchuria. The Mukden incident marked the beginning of the Sino-Japanese conflict.
Q 10. Who was the last non-Italian to be elected pope prior to Pope John-Paul II?
1.) Paul IV
2.) Hadrian IV
3.) Hadrian VI
Hadrian VI, although Hadrian IV, Nicholas Breakspear, was not Italian but Dutchman Adrian Florensz (Hadrian VI) was the last non-Italian pope (d. 1523). Incidentally, Breakspear was the only English-born pope.
CATCALL got 2,3,4,5,6,7.8,9,10 ...missed 1..haha..easy quiz, eh!!
don B got 1,5 wrong..rest correct
psst..def easy one..i got tired of being the only person to ask n answer questions at the same time
Help
...that was very rude simon....i am very disappointed 
....i hope u apologise at once. 
.... c'est la vie! 
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