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Quizz "History" - 20 questions
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Question 1 / 20
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Who defeated Boudica, leader of the rebellion of 61 AF against the Roman invaders?

  Gaius Iulius Caesar
  Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Augustus)
  Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator
  Gaius Suetonius Paulinus
  Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
  Flavius Aetius
  Lars Porsena
  Lucius Tarquinius Superbus






























































Question 2 / 20
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Which fortifications sign the maximum extention of the Roman conquest in Britannia and Caledonia?

  Aurelian Walls
  Column of Phocas
  Hadrian's Wall
  Trajan's Column
  Column of Arcadius
  Antonine Wall
  Gask ridge
  The Porta Praetoria






























































Question 3 / 20
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Before being defeated by William the Conqueror, who king Harold fought at Stamford Bridge?

  King Aethelred
  King Knut
  Harald Haldrada, king of Norway
  William Wallace (FREEDOM!!!)
  Swein, king of Sweden
  Edward "Aetheling"
  Leofric of Mercia
  His brother Gyrth






























































Question 4 / 20
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In what year William the Conqueror makes a military campaign against the Scots?

  1066
  1346
  1415
  1357
  1306
  1176
  1296
  1069






























































Question 5 / 20
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Marrying a noblewoman, Henry II got in dowry a big part of France. Who is she?

  Eleanor of Aquitaine
  Isabella, Countess of Gloucester
  Alix of France
  Isabella of Angoulême
  Marie of France, Countess of Champagne
  Matilda of Flanders
  Empress Matilda
  Adela of Champagne






























































Question 6 / 20
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Which country was allied with the Kingdom of France during the Hundred Years' War against England?

  Scotland
  Republic of Venice
  Holy Roman Empire
  Walles
  Byzantine Empire
  Luxembourg
  Portugal
  Switzerland






























































Question 7 / 20
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How did the Battle of Otterburn end?

  The Scots defeat the English soldiers
  The English Army was able to defeat Scottish Army
  It was an inconclusive fight
  France succeeded in defeating English Army
  The English managed to push back a landing attempt of the French Army
  The English gained a pyrrhic victory
  The Scottish Army was able to push back a Norwegian Invasion
  Irish Army was defeated by English Army






























































Question 8 / 20
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In what year Robert III of Scotland was crowned?

  1388
  1337
  1406
  1371
  1390
  1347
  1363
  1399






























































Question 9 / 20
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Why Mary I Tudor was called "Bloody Mary"?

  She committed massacres against Scottish people to pacify the rebellion
  She killed her mother to take the throne
  Under her reign, many English soldiers were killed in battle
  She committed massacres among the Spanish Prisoners
  She committed massacres against Catholics
  She committed massacres against Protestants and Anglicans
  She committed massacres against Irish people who refused English domination
  Taxation in his kingdom was very high and people starved






























































Question 10 / 20
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Thomas More...

  invented a new kind of military formation
  invented the New Model Army
  invented The modern English political system
  invented the word "utopia"
  invented a new weapon to use against the Spanish troops
  wrote the "Scarborough Fair" ballad
  invented the Longbow
  wrote "God Save the Queen"






























































Question 11 / 20
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"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" is a quote of the Shakespare's...

  Amleto
  Richard III
  Romeo and Juliet
  The Merchant of Venice
  The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
  Macbeth
  The Two Gentlemen of Verona
  King Lear






























































Question 12 / 20
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What happened after the English Civil War?

  There was an agreement between the two parts, to reach a peace
  England lost great part of its colonies, conquered again some years later
  For the first time, a woman became queen of England
  England was divided in two reigns
  King Charles I was forced to abdicate in favour of his son
  King Charles I defeated the Parliamentarians
  The king of Scotland also became king of England, unifying the two kingdoms
  For the first and last time in History, England became a republic






























































Question 13 / 20
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What happened in 1707?

  Malta became a part of United Kingdom
  The Act of Union was proclaimed: Walles and Ireland became a part of United Kingdom
  The Act of Union was proclaimed: England and Scotland togheter form the United Kingdom
  Gibraltar became a part of United Kingdom
  William the Silent became the new king of England
  A new Civil War between England and Scotland
  An incredible revolt in Ireland menances the hegemony of England in this land
  American War Indipendence: United Kingdom lost the country






























































Question 14 / 20
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Who was the commander in the Battle of Trafalgar, in which napoleonic France was defeated?

  Horatio Nelson
  Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington
  Cuthbert Collingwood, first Baron Collingwood
  Sir William Parker
  Patrick Brontë
  William IV of the United Kingdom
  John Jervis
  Charles Thompson






























































Question 15 / 20
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Which was the faction during the Crimean War?

  Russia, France and U.K. against the Kingdom of Sardinia
  Russia and U.K. against France
  France and U.K. against Ottoman Empire
  France and U.K. against Russia
  U.K. against Russia, France and Kingdom of Sardinia
  U.K., Russia, France, Kingdom of Sardinia against Ottoman Empire
  U.K., France, Ottoman Empire and Kingdom of Sardinia against Russia
  Russia, U.K. and Ottoman Empire against France






























































Question 16 / 20
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When United Kingdom went in war, during the WWI?

  After the invasion of Belgium by Germany
  Immediately after Sarajevo
  In 1917
  Together with France and Russia
  Together with Italy in 1915
  After Germany advance in French territories
  After several German naval attacks to British supply vessels
  Never






























































Question 17 / 20
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What was the secret weapon developed by U.K. during WWI?

  The nerve agents
  The machinegun
  The Tanks
  The airplane
  The communication via telegraph
  The Radar
  The flamethrower
  The helicopter






























































Question 18 / 20
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What happened to U.K. after the WWI

  Ireland obtained the indipendence from U.K.
  U.K. lost great part of its colonial empire
  U.K. obtained a part of German territory
  U.K. obtained Malta
  Scotland became an indipendet state for some years
  U.K. obtained Canada
  Walles became an indipendent state for some years
  U.K. pushed back an attempt of invasion of Republic of Ireland against noth Ireland






























































Question 19 / 20
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Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during WWII?

  Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
  Neville Chamberlain
  Clement Attlee
  Hugh Gaitskell
  George Lansbury
  Stanley Baldwin
  Bonar Law
  Diana Spencer






























































Question 20 / 20
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The War of Falkland, 1982, was a conflict between U.K. and...?

  Brazil
  Russia
  U.S.A.
  Argentina
  Cuba
  Mexico
  Spain
  France































































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