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Today’s questions all relate to 1 October.
One
On this day in 1936, who took charge of Spain’s new Nationalist government during the civil war and thereafter remained head of state until what year?
Two
On this day, who became the first queen to rule England in her own right; and in what century did this occur?
Three
In 331 BCE, Alexander the Great of … defeated Darius III of … at the Battle of Gaugamela, spelling the end of the … empire.
What two places are missing from the first two spaces; and the name of what empire is referred to at the end of the above sentence?
Four
Today in 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte persuaded the king of Spain to give a territory back to France which France sold on a few years later?. Who was the king of Spain and what was the territory?
Five
On this day in 1946, an International Military Tribunal delivered verdicts in trials concerning atrocities by Nazi leaders during World War II. In which city were these proceedings held, and which nations formed the tribunal?
Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.
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