Weekly Quiz for September 9-15
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In 1776 US Congress officially adopted the name 'United States of America', what was the previous name?
- British Colonies
- United Colonies
- Dominion of Ameria
- Society of the Americas
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What was the name of Nirvana's lead single (a Grunge anthem) from their album released this week in 1991?
- Nevermind
- Come As You Are
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Even Flow
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Which war saw the 1st use of tanks on the battlefield?
- US Civil War
- Boer war
- WWI
- WWII
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Who said the famous maxim, "There never was a good war or bad peace"
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Benjamin Franklin
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Abraham Lincoln
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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George Washington
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What was discovered by teenagers and their dog at Lascaux, France in 1940?
- German spy
- Bronze-age burial mound
- Bones of Tautavel Man
- Prehistoric cave paintings
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The 1st public submarine test was held in London's River Thames in 1624
- True
- False
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Which country was the 1st to have a spacecraft reach the surface of the moon in 1959?
- United States
- European Union
- Soviet Union
- China
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On which of Rome's famous seven hills was the Temple of Jupiter, Ancient Rome's most important temple, dedicated in 506 BC on the Ides of September?
- Aventine Hill
- Capitoline Hill
- Palatine Hill
- Esquiline Hill
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Daniel Defoe, born this week in 1660 wrote which famous early novel?
- Treasure Island
- Gulliver's Travels
- Robinson Crusoe
- The Pilgrim's Progress
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Which island group did Charles Darwin reach in 1835, which played a major part in proving his new evolutionary theory?
- Cape Verde islands
- Falklands Islands
- Tahitian Isands
- Galapagos Islands
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