Weekly Quiz for April 6 - 12
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What year was the 1st modern Olympics in Athens, Greece?
- 1896
- 1900
- 1904
- 1908
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Which nation established the 1st European settlement in South Africa in 1652?
- Great Britain
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Portugal
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What is the name of this famous statue rediscovered in 1820?
- Peplos Kore
- Athena Parthenos
- Aphrodite of Knidos
- Venus de Milo
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Who surrendered on behalf of the Confederates in Virginia at the Appomattox Court House in 1865?
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George Armstrong Custer
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Robert E. Lee
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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Ulysses S. Grant
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The book "All the President's Men" was about which US political scandal?
- Iran-Contra
- Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky
- Watergate
- Teapot Dome
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The 1998 Good Friday Agreement was a major peace initiative for which region?
- Rwanda
- Serbia
- Northern Ireland
- Colombia
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Who recorded the classic single "Strangers in the Night" in 1966?
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Bing Crosby
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Tom Jones
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Frank Sinatra
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Which Hollywood actress is known for the line "I want to be alone"?
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Greta Garbo
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Clara Bow
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Bette Davis
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Vivien Leigh
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Where was Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to after his abdication in 1814?
- Sicily
- St Helena
- Elba
- Corsica
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True or false: Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, ended a tax on beards in 1722?
- True
- False
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