The History Room quiz: April 2019

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The History Room quiz: April 2019

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Which treaty organisation was set up as a counterpart to NATO?

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Which US president described the Soviet Union as 'The Evil Empire'?

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The 'Tonton Macoute' were the dreaded paramilitary police in which country?

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Who succeeded Nikita Khrushchev as Leader of the USSR?

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When did Canada introduce conscription in the Great War?

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In which of these wars did Canadian forces NOT participate?

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In which year was the Berlin Wall built?

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What was St Petersburg called during communist rule?

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What did ‘KGB’ stand for in the context of the USSR?

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Which British ocean liner was sunk by a German U-Boat in May, 1915?

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What does the word ‘Inuit’ mean?

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Which man was the first president of the German Republic in 1919?

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Haile Selassie I was emperor of which country between 1930 and 1974?

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Who was the first female prime minister of Israel between 1969 and 1974?

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In which battle did the Russian Black Sea fleet defeat a Turkish squadron?

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Who was prime minister of Australia at the outbreak of the Great War?

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Who founded the Mongol Empire in 1206?

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Who is the handsome mutt on the right?

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Who is this in the picture?

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In Germany, who was known as ‘The Iron Chancellor’?

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