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What is 'Reformation'?
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Answer: Option C
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The Reformation (more fully the Protestant Reformation, or the European Reformation) was a movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe. Although the Reformation is usually considered to have started with the publication of the Ninety-five Theses by Martin Luther in 1517, there was no schism until the 1521 Edict of Worms.
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What was Amphora
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Answer: Option C
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Roman Amphorae were pottery jars which were used to carry different liquids and food items like olive oil, fish sauce and wine. These were usually large and coarsely made pottery items.
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Which explorer discovered Cuba
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Answer: Option A
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The island of Cuba was discovered October 28 of 1492 after the disembarked of La Pinta, La Nina and La Santa Maria, the first three European ships under the command of the admiral Cristobal Colon during his first trip toward the New World.
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When did Able Archer 83 start?
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Answer: Option D
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Able Archer 83 is the codename for a command post exercise carried out in November 1983 by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
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When did July Crisis happen?
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Answer: Option D
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The so-called "July Crisis" actually spans the period from the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, on 28 June 1914, to the general declaration of war in early August.
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When did King Leonidas die?
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Answer: Option A
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Leonidas (c. 530-480 B.C.) was a king of the city-state of Sparta from about 490 B.C. until his death at the Battle of Thermopylae against the Persian army in 480 B.C.
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When did Louis the Child die?
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Answer: Option A
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Louis the Child (893 – 20/24 September 911), sometimes called Louis III or Louis IV, was the king of East Francia from 900 until his death in 911 and was the last ruler of Carolingian dynasty there.
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When did Louis the Pious die?
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Answer: Option D
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Louis I, byname Louis the Pious, or the Debonair, French Louis le Pieux, or le Débonnaire, German Ludwig der Fromme, (born April 16, 778, Chasseneuil, near Poitiers, Aquitaine [now in France]—died June 20, 840, Petersau, an island in the Rhine River near Ingelheim [now in Germany]), Carolingian ruler of the Franks.
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Who was the Chinese Emperor when Marco Polo visited China
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Answer: Option B
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Marco Polo was born in a merchant family in Venice in 1254. His father and uncle often traded into the west coast of Mediterranean Sea. On one fortuitous occasion, they went to China and met with Kublai Khan, an emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
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When was America discovered?
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Answer: Option B
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It is alleged that the American continent was discovered by Columbus in 1492. In fact, Muslim sailors reached the American continent 314 years before Columbus, in 1178.