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History Quiz # 116/2024
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1
   South Africa, Australia and New Zealand were designated "Dominions" in the early part of which century?
  18th
  19th
  21st
  20th

2
   "The Iliad" was originally written in what language?
  Gaelic
  Latin
  Hebrew
  Greek

3
   The Great Plague, an outbreak of the disease in England that killed an estimated 100,000 people, lasted for how long?
  205 days
  360 days
  538 days
  106 days

4
   Where was "the Aberfan Disaster" where the collapse of a colliery spoil-tip in 1966 killed 144 people, including 116 children?
  Sweden
  Somalia
  Texas, USA
  Wales

5
   Which of these events occurred last?
  Death of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson
  Death of Beethoven
  Death of Napoleon Bonaparte
  Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species"