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The History Today Quiz: January 2012
The toughest history quiz to be found online returns for another month. Click anywhere in the box above to begin.
This month we have questions on the first English newspaper, the last king of Burma, the real Macbeth and more. There's a clue to one of the questions in the background image.
There are no prizes for getting them all right, just the respect and admiration of your peers. Let us know how you get on in the comments below, on Twitter, or on Facebook.
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Detective stories captured the imaginations of the British middle classes in the 20th century. William D. Rubinstein looks at the rise of home-grown writers such as Agatha Christie, how they mirrored society and why changes in social mores eventually murdered their sales. |
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Started in 1947, to grow peanuts in Tanganyika as a contribution to both the African and British economies, the Groundnuts Scheme was abandoned four years later on January 9th, 1951.