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Uzbekistan Quiz

Countries, History

English: Map of Uzbekistan

Map of Uzbekistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Uzbekistan Quiz Questions

1. When did Uzbekistan proclaim independence?
a) 1 January 2001
b) 18 June 1984
c) 31 August 1991
d) 16 December 1994

2. Which country is to the north of Uzbekistan?
a) Mongolia
b) Russia
c) Kazakhstan
d) Iran

3. Which is the capital of Uzbekistan?
a) Denow
b) Nawoly
c) Tashkent
d) Kogon

4. Which is the currency of Uzbekistan?
a) Rouble
b) Lira
c) Tenge
d) Sum

5. Who drove out Babur from Samarkand in 1501?
a) Ahmed Shah Abdali
b) Mohammed Shaybani Khan
c) Nadir Shah
d) Kublai Khan

6. When did Russia invade Bukhara?
a) 1526
b) 1648
c) 1868
d) 1707

7. When was Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic established?
a) 1917
b) 1914
c) 1906
d) 1924

8. Which is the official language of Uzbekistan?
a) Chinese
b) Pahlavi
c) Uzbek
d) Arabic

9. Which autonomous republic is part of Uzbekistan?
a) Karakalpakstan
b) Tartarstan
c) Dagestan
d) Chechnya

10. How many stars are on Uzbekistan’s flag?
a) 14
b) 12
c) 16
d) 10

Uzbekistan Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When did Uzbekistan proclaim independence?
c) 31 August 1991

2. Which country is to the north of Uzbekistan?
c) Kazakhstan

3. Which is the capital of Uzbekistan?
c) Tashkent

4. Which is the currency of Uzbekistan?
d) Sum

5. Who drove out Babur from Samarkand in 1501?
b) Mohammed Shaybani Khan

6. When did Russia invade Bukhara?
c) 1868

7. When was Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic established?
d) 1924

Flag of Uzbekistan See also: List of Uzbek flags

Flag of Uzbekistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

8. Which is the official language of Uzbekistan?
c) Uzbek

9. Which autonomous republic is part of Uzbekistan?
a) Karakalpakstan

10. How many stars are on Uzbekistan’s flag?
b) 12

Originally posted 2017-03-03 20:24:16.

Haile Selassie Quiz

History

Haile Selassie Quiz Questions

1. When was Haile Selassie crowned emperor?
a) 4 August 1904
b) 3 April 1926
c) 22 February 1934
d) 2 November 1930

2. When was Haile Selassie born?
a) 23 July 1892
b) 29 February 1896
c) 26 June 1894
d) 31 December 1898

3. What was Haile Selassie’s original name?
a) Sahle Selassie
b) Tafari Makonnen
c) Jomo Kenyatta
d) Lij Yasu

4. What is the meaning of Haile Selassie?
a) Sword of fire
b) Lightning
c) Might of the Trinity
d) Prince of Peace

5. Which country attacked Ethiopia in 1935?
a) France
b) Germany
c) Italy
d) Egypt

6. Where did Haile Selassie make a speech to the League of Nations on 30 June 1936?
a) New York
b) Paris
c) London
d) Geneva

7. In which organization’s founding did Haile Selassie play a very important role?
a) Organization of African Unity
b) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
c) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
d) South East Asian Treaty Organization

8. When was Haile Selassie deposed?
a) 1963
b) 1974
c) 1982
d) 1984

9. When did Haile Selassie die?
a) 14 February 1778
b) 24 May 1976
c) 26 August 1975
d) 21 November 1992

10. Where did Haile Selassie die?
a) Asmara
b) Djibouti
c) Tripoli
d) Addis Ababa

Haile Selassie Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Haile Selassie crowned emperor?
d) 2 November 1930

2. When was Haile Selassie born?
a) 23 July 1892

3. What was Haile Selassie’s original name?
b) Tafari Makonnen

4. What is the meaning of Haile Selassie?
c) Might of the Trinity

5. Which country attacked Ethiopia in 1935?
c) Italy

6. Where did Haile Selassie make a speech to the League of Nations on 30 June 1936?
d) Geneva

7. In which organization’s founding did Haile Selassie play a very important role?
a) Organization of African Unity

8. When was Haile Selassie deposed?
b) 1974

9. When did Haile Selassie die?
c) 26 August 1975

10. Where did Haile Selassie die?
d) Addis Ababa

Originally posted 2017-02-24 22:37:23.

Peter Abelard Quiz

France, History

Peter Abelard was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician. He was also a composer. His affair with and love for Héloïse d’Argenteuil has become legendary. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary describes him as “the keenest thinker and boldest theologian of the 12th Century”. ~ Wikipedia

Peter Abelard Quiz Questions

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1. Where was Peter Abelard born?
a) Le Pallet
b) La Rochelle
c) Reims
d) Versailles

Abelard and Héloïse

Abelard and his pupil, Héloïse, by Edmund Blair Leighton (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

2. Who of the following was a biblical scholar?
a) John of Salisbury
b) Anselm of Laon
c) Thierry de Chartres
d) William of Ockham

3. What was the name of son of Peter Abelard and Heloise?
a) Heraclitus
b) Oliver
c) Francois
d) Astrolabe

4. What did Peter Abelard suffer for marrying Heloise?
a) Anathema
b) Excommunication
c) Castration
d) Interdict

5. Which abbey did Peter Abelard join?
a) Westminster
b) Saint Denis
c) Lerins
d) Saint Victor

6. Where did Heloise become a nun?
a) Argenteuil
b) Lourdes
c) Fatima
d) Naples

7. Which council in 1121 condemned first version of Peter Abelard’s Theologia as heretical?
a) Nantes
b) Toulouse
c) Armagh
d) Soissons

8. Who led Peter Abelard’s condemnation at Sens in 1140?
a) St. Dominic of Guzman
b) St. Thomas Aquinas
c) St. Bernard of Clairvaux
d) St. Francis de Sales

9. Which book is Peter Abelard’s autobiography?
a) Theologia
b) Scoto et ipsum
c) Sic et non
d) Historia calamitatum

10. When did Peter Abelard die?
a) 12 January 1148
b) 21 April 1142
c) 17 July 1163
d) 14 November 1152

Peter Abelard Quiz Questions with Answers

1. Where was Peter Abelard born?
a) Le Pallet

2. Who of the following was a biblical scholar?
b) Anselm of Laon

3. What was the name of son of Peter Abelard and Heloise?
d) Astrolabe

4. What did Peter Abelard suffer for marrying Heloise?
c) Castration

5. Which abbey did Peter Abelard join?
b) Saint Denis

6. Where did Heloise become a nun?
a) Argenteuil

7. Which council in 1121 condemned first version of Peter Abelard’s Theologia as heretical?
d) Soissons

8. Who led Peter Abelard’s condemnation at Sens in 1140?
c) St. Bernard of Clairvaux

9. Which book is Peter Abelard’s autobiography?
d) Historia calamitatum

10. When did Peter Abelard die?
b) 21 April 1142

Originally posted 2017-02-24 22:36:49.