Modern History Trivia Questions
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Which PLO leader accepted Israel's right to exist during a 1988 General Assembly session in Geneva?
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yasser arafat
In which country did Deng Xiaoping resign from leadership in 1989 after 65 years in politics?
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china
Who became chairman of the PLO in 1969?
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yasser arafat
In what country did Vietnamese troops drive the Khmer Rouge from their last bases in 1985?
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cambodia
What name did the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes adopt in 1929?
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yugoslavia
Which Caribbean island nation did U.S. troops land on September 19, 1994, in preparation for the return of President Aristide?
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haiti
Which city replaced Constantinople as the capital of Turkey in 1923?
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ankara
Which country had Eamon de Valera as both prime minister and president, who was born in New York City?
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ireland
What location became famous in 1989 due to iconic footage captured in the middle of Beijing?
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tiananmen square
In what African country was the Treaty of Fez, signed in 1912, that established it as a French protectorate?
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morocco
From which collapsing entity did Armenia declare its independence on September 23, 1991?
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soviet union
Who was hailed as the living god by Rastafarians when he became emperor in 1930?
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haile selassie
In which country did a Protestant lawyer first popularize the slogan 'Home Rule'?
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ireland
In 1967 and 1974, Greece and Turkey nearly went to war over which country?
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cyprus
Which country did Colonel Ojukwu declare independence from on May 30, 1967, leading to the start of the Biafran civil war?
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nigeria
In 1999, Turkish operatives captured Abdullah Ocalan, a guerrilla leader of which minority group?
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kurds
What was SEATO an acronym for before it was abolished in 1977?
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southeast asia treaty organization
Which country was divided along the 17th parallel as a result of the 1954 Geneva Conference?
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vietnam
What cult had 9 members escape a fire that engulfed their complex near Waco, Texas in 1993?
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branch davidians
In May 1981, riots broke out in Belfast following the hunger strike and death of which member of the IRA?
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bobby sands
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