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1. Approximately how many men did the British lose at the Battle of Jutland in 1916?
 
3300
4300
5300
6300

Britain lost 3 battle cruisers, 8 destroyers and 6274 men
 
 
2. In which year did Chaucer complete "The Canterbury Tales"?
 
1397
1398
1399
Unfinished at the time of his death

Chaucer had planned it from 1387 but died in 1400 before finishing the work
 
 
3. Of which independent state did Kwame Nkrumah become the first Prime Minister?
 
Ghana
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Uganda

 
 
4. In which year was Marie-Antoinette executed?
 
1790
1791
1792
1793

Marie-Antoinette was guillotined in Paris on 16th October 1793
 
 
5. Where did the Venetian merchant and adventurer Marco Polo die?
 
Acre
Constantinople
Hormuz
Venice
 
 
6. In which year did the Middle East's "Six Day War" take place?
 
1965
1966
1967
1968
 
 
7. Against which country did Russia wage war in 1904-05?
 
China
Finland
Japan
Turkey
 
 
8. Founded in 1746, which is the fourth-oldest university in the USA?
 
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Yale

Harvard was founded in 1636, Pennsylvania in 1740 and Yale in 1701
 
 
9. During the reign of Gustav IV, which country lost the territory of Finland in 1808?
 
Denmark
Estonia
Norway
Sweden

Gustav's poor leadership was blamed for the loss of Finland to Russia
 
 
10. In which country did the South American freedom fighter Simón Bolívar die in 1830?
 
Bolivia
Colombia
Peru
Venezuela

Bolívar died of tuberculosis near Santa Marta
 
 
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