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1. Which countries invaded Egypt in 1956 following Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal?
Germany and France
United States and the United Kingdom
France and the United Kingdom
United States and Israel

2. In which year did the multiplex cinema and the Japanese bullet train first introduced?

1945
1955
1965
1975

3. By what percentage did President Hoover reduce his salary on July 15, 1932?

5
10
15
20

4. What was the world's first airline company, formed in 1919?

KLM
Pan Am
British Airways
Aer Lingus

5. In 1908, Emperor Pu Yi took control of China at what age?

78
2
14
73

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