Quiztory The Eighth

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1. The Indian army's storming of which religious site, led to the assassination of Premier Indira Gandhi? The Taj Mahal The Gandhi Mandapam The Tiruchendur Temple The Golden Temple

2. What event took place on September 22nd 1980 that sparked the eight year long Iran-Iraq War? Iran invaded Iraq Over 200 U.S. Marines killed in Beirut bomb blast Ayatollah Khomeini imposed a death sentence on Salman Rushdie Iraq invaded Iran

3. Along which imaginary line was Vietnam temporarily divided? Along the Tropic of Cancer Along the 38th parallel Along the 17th parallel Along the Maginot Line

4. Which South African President freed Nelson Mandela? F.W. de Klerk Cecil J. Rhodes P.W. Botha Paul Kruger

5. Which city replaced Mombasa as capital of the British East Africa Protectorate in 1905? Dar es Salaam Khartoum Addis Ababa Nairobi

6. How did the cruel conquistador Francisco Pizarro die? Died of old age Executed in revenge for killing his former friend Died in obscurity Died in prison

7. Where was Simon de Bolivar born? Caracas, Venezuela Madrid, Spain Bogota, Colombia La Paz, Bolivia

8. What was the Kuomintang? The Court of the King of Siam The first station on the Burma Railroad An ancient temple in Malaysia, destroyed by fire Chinese Nationalist Party

9. Who was Uganda's first president? Idi Amin Yoweri Museveni Julius Nyerere Edward Mutesa II

10. Why was the capital of Brazil changed from Rio de Janeiro to the new, purpose built city of Brasilia in 1960? To encourage the devlopment of central Brazil Because Rio had become dangerously overcrowded To avoid natural disasters, such as tsunamis To make an invasion of the country more difficult