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A matching quiz by hpreed62. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
hpreed62

Time
3 mins

Type
Match Quiz

Quiz #
387,763

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
10 / 10

Plays
1328

Last 3 plays: polly656 (10/10), Guest 207 (10/10), ankitankurddit (8/10).

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Questions		Choices
1. What volcano was responsible for the infamous AD 79 eruption?		First manned flight into space
2. Who was the victim of an 1649 British execution for treason?		First manned moon landing
3. What was the name of the 1947 to 1991 struggle for worldwide supremacy?		Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
4. Which country used to be Bechuanaland?		Krakatoa, Indonesia
5. Where was the immense 1883 eruption?		Zimbabwe
6. What country used to be Rhodesia?		The Great San Francisco earthquake
7. Where was the December 7, 1941 bombing?		The Cold War
8. What was the April 18, 1906 U.S. West Coast natural disaster?		Botswana
9. What space event happened on July 20, 1969?		King Charles I
10. What space event happened on April 12, 1961?		Vesuvius

Select each answer

1. What volcano was responsible for the infamous AD 79 eruption?

2. Who was the victim of an 1649 British execution for treason?

3. What was the name of the 1947 to 1991 struggle for worldwide supremacy?

4. Which country used to be Bechuanaland?

5. Where was the immense 1883 eruption?

6. What country used to be Rhodesia?

7. Where was the December 7, 1941 bombing?

8. What was the April 18, 1906 U.S. West Coast natural disaster?

9. What space event happened on July 20, 1969?

10. What space event happened on April 12, 1961?

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Apr 13 2024 : polly656: 10/10
Apr 11 2024 : Guest 207: 10/10
Apr 08 2024 : ankitankurddit: 8/10
Apr 08 2024 : Jane57: 10/10
Apr 07 2024 : Guest 86: 10/10
Mar 31 2024 : Guest 99: 10/10
Mar 09 2024 : jazh2: 10/10
Mar 08 2024 : Guest 91: 10/10
Mar 07 2024 : Guest 8: 10/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What volcano was responsible for the infamous AD 79 eruption?

Answer: Vesuvius

Two cities were destroyed by the smothering ash of Mount Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pompeii in particular has given us vivid displays of what the ancient citizens went through in the excavated voids where bodies had fallen while meeting their death.

2. Who was the victim of an 1649 British execution for treason?

Answer: King Charles I

King Charles I believed that he ruled because God chose him to rule, and he need not consult his Parlement. He attempted to rule without them from 1629 to 1642. Civil war broke out in 1642 and Charles not only lost his country but also his head.

3. What was the name of the 1947 to 1991 struggle for worldwide supremacy?

Answer: The Cold War

Two super-powers, the USA and the USSR, squared off after the Second World War to wrest control of the world ideologically from each other. It did not end until the dissolution of the USSR under Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991.

4. Which country used to be Bechuanaland?

Answer: Botswana

Bechuanaland attained its independence from Britain in 1966, becoming Botswana. It is not a populous country, but has gained recognition from Alexander McCall Smith's fictional Mma Ramotswe's adventures in the "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" books.

5. Where was the immense 1883 eruption?

Answer: Krakatoa, Indonesia

When Krakatoa erupted in late August 1883 it was the climax of a series of smaller eruptions. Its violence was literally earth-shattering, causing the island and parts of the Indonesian archipelago to collapse into the volcano's caldera. At least 4000 people died due to the explosion.

6. What country used to be Rhodesia?

Answer: Zimbabwe

Rhodesia was named after Cecil Rhodes, the man who colonized it for British mining rights. The implementation of these rights meant abuse of native workers, wars and rebellions. There is a long bloody history blighting the colonial period as well as the post-independence era.

7. Where was the December 7, 1941 bombing?

Answer: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared in December 8th, "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." It propelled the United States into the Second World War, thereby ensuring the Allied victory.

8. What was the April 18, 1906 U.S. West Coast natural disaster?

Answer: The Great San Francisco earthquake

At the time, this earthquake was thought to have killed approximately 700 people. It is now believed that up to 3000 lost their lives. The horrifying fires that followed the earthquake were responsible for the destruction of 80% of the city.

9. What space event happened on July 20, 1969?

Answer: First manned moon landing

Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's feet touched down on our moon on this date. They returned to Earth safely four days later.

10. What space event happened on April 12, 1961?

Answer: First manned flight into space

Yuri Gagarin flew one orbit of the earth on that date in the USSR's Vostok I. The USA launched their manned space flight, which didn't orbit the planet but was manually controlled by pilot Alan Shepherd, in May 1961.

Source: Author hpreed62

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