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1. Belgium's King Baudouin abdicated for 24 hours in April 1990. Why?

2. The last such trial took place in 1740, when a French judge found it
guilty of sorcery and ordered it hanged by the neck until dead. The last such
trial of what?

3. In the 1893 election in New Zealand, what first was achieved?

4. As of 1975, what was Bhutan's recorded population?

5. In 1935, Iran was the new name adopted by the country which was earlier
called Persia. What was its name before it was called Persia?

6. In May 1902, a great volcanic eruption took place in St.Pierre on the
island of Martinique. Of the 40,000 people of the city, it is said that
39,999 were killed. How did the one survivor survive?

7. You might have heard about the story of the Emperor Nero playing the fiddle
while Rome burned, in AD 64. The story is apparently true, to a considerable
extent. However, there is something amiss about Nero playing the fiddle. What?

(Answers are given at the bottom).

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Answers:

1. So that an abortion bill could be passed. Since he was a Catholic, he did
not wish to  sign the bill, which hence was signed by the Parliament in the
absence of a monarch.

2. Trying animals and executing them! In the Middle Ages it was common for
animals to be tried and executed! In the trial mentioned, the judge found a
hapless cow guilty of sorcery!

3. New Zealand became the first nation in the world to give women the right to
vote.

4. Not Known! As of 1975, no official census had been taken there!

5. Iran!

6. It is said that this man, a prisoner, was placed in an underground cell and
hence escaped!

7. The fiddle as we know it had not been invented by 64 AD. So if he had
played anything at all it was probably the lyre.

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