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History Quizzes & Trivia</h1></div></header> <section class="section no-padding-top no-padding-bottom"> <div class="wrapper"> <header class="section__heading no-padding-bottom"><h2>Weekly History Quiz</h2></header><ul class="article-list"> <li class="article-list__item quiz-list"> <a href="/quiz/april/20-26"><img src="/images/people/manfred-von-richthofen.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt="The Red Baron"><h3>April 20 - 26</h3></a></li> <li class="article-list__item quiz-list"> <a href="/quiz/april/13-19"><img src="/images/articles/assassination-of-abraham-lincoln-sml.jpg" loading="lazy" width="270" height="225" alt="Final Deadly Performance of a Twisted Actor"><h3>April 13 - 19</h3></a></li> <li class="article-list__item quiz-list"> <a href="/quiz/april/6-12"><img src="/images/olympics.svg" loading="lazy" width="270" height="265" alt="Olympics"><h3>April 6 - 12</h3></a></li> <li class="article-list__item quiz-list"> <a href="/quiz/april/1-7"><img src="/images/photos/alaska-costs-7million.jpg?w=270" loading="lazy" width="270" height="133" alt="Alaska Purchase"><h3>March 30 - April 5</h3></a></li> <li class="article-list__item quiz-list"> <a href="/quiz/march/23-29"><img src="/images/people/jonas-salk.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt="Jonas Salk"><h3>March 23 - 29</h3></a></li> <li class="article-list__item quiz-list"> <a href="/quiz/march/16-22"><img src="/images/photos/emerald-buddha.jpg?w=270" loading="lazy" width="270" height="202" alt="Emerald Buddha"><h3>March 16 - 22</h3></a></li> <li class="article-list__item quiz-list"> <a href="/quiz/march/9-15"><img src="/images/photos/alaric-sack-rome-410.jpg?w=270" loading="lazy" width="270" height="178" alt="Alaric I Sacks Rome"><h3>March 9 - 15</h3></a></li> <li class="article-list__item quiz-list"> <a href="/quiz/march/2-8"><img src="/images/people/julie-andrews.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt="Julie Andrews"><h3>March 2 - 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