History Around the World 6

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1. We start with some recent history... Who was elected as the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada in February 2006? Paul Martin Jean Chretien Kim Campbell Stephen Harper

2. Which WWII leader was born on July 29, 1883? Josef Stalin Sir Winston Churchill Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini

3. Buckingham Palace became the official royal residence during the reign of which British monarch? King Henry VIII Queen Victoria King George III King George V

4. In which state was President George H.W. Bush born? Connecticut Massachusetts Maine Texas

5. In which country was Pol Pot dictator? Vietnam Nepal Malawi Cambodia

6. Which English/British monarch had the youngest spouse? Henry VIII Richard II Henry V John

7. What is the quasi-legendary dynasty that ruled China from 2070-1600 B.C. and is the first to be described in the 'Records of the Grand Historian'? Xia Zhou Shang Han

8. When Alaska and Hawaii joined the US in 1959, it was the first expansion in nearly half a century. Which state had become the 48th and the last of the contiguous states to join the Union in 1912? Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona Utah

9. Which major battle that saw more than 2 million combatants, a quarter of whom were killed or wounded, began on September 5, 1914? 1st Battle of Ypres 1st Battle of the Marne 1st Battle of the Somme Battle of Arras

10. In which year did Bartolomeu Diaz become the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope? 1488 1588 1388 1688