Statistics for History Multiple Choice

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What was unusual about the Chinese emperor Wu Zetian?	She was a woman	76%
Why were dangerous 'radium clocks' so popular in the 1920s?	They glowed in the dark	67%
Which poet wrote 'To a Mouse'?	Robert Burns	61%
Which of these women was nicknamed 'Bloody Mary'?	Mary Tudor	55%
What were Ziggurats?	Pyramidal Mesopotamian temples	55%
How did King Henry II of England die?	Food poisoning from eating lampreys	52%
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built as a tomb for which Pharaoh?	Khufu	48%
Which fictional character did Wilbert Awdry create?	Thomas the Tank Engine	45%
When Samoa became independent in 1962, what title did the head of state take?	O le Ao o le Malo	42%
What did Edwardian ladies use Deadly Nightshade extracts for?	To make their pupils dilate	39%
What is Robert Recorde famous for inventing?	The equals sign	36%
What was interesting about the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest?	Four countries were tied for first place	33%
Who had the largest funeral attendance of all time?	Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai	27%
Which was discovered first?	São Tomé and Príncipe	27%
What was Couto Mixto?	A tiny state between Spain and Portugal	24%