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Answer
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What invention by the Montgolfier brothers allowed man to take flight for the first time?
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Hot Air Balloon
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In what modern-day country did the "First Fleet" land, carrying between 1000 and 1500 prisoners?
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Australia
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What meeting was called between the clergy, nobility, and people of France?
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The Estates General
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What notorious prison was stormed by the Paris mob, who were surprised to find just seven prisoners inside?
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Bastille
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What "sadistic" writer was transferred out of that prison just two days before it was stormed?
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Marquis de Sade
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What king went mad in 1788 but recovered after a year or so?
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George III
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What planet was discovered by William Herschel?
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Uranus
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What ship, commanded by William Bligh, mutinied in the South Pacific?
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HMS Bounty
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What paradise-like island had that ship visited, making the sailors not want to leave?
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Tahiti
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What chemical element did Antoine Lavoisier identify, combining it with oxygen to form water?
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Hydrogen
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What industrial city saw the construction of its first cotton mill, setting it on the path to become the world's leading textiles hub?
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Manchester
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What country did Rama I become the ruler of, moving its capital from Thonburi to its present location?
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Siam
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In what modern-day country did Túpac Amaru lead a revolt of indigenous people against Spanish rule?
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Peru
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What mountain on the French/Italian border was summitted for the first time?
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Mont Blanc
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What 1783 treaty officially ended the American Revolution?
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Treaty of Paris
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In what city did delegates meet to draft the U.S. Constitution?
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Philadelphia
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What was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution?
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Delaware
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What peninsula did Russia annex in 1783? (It would do so a second time in 2014)
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Crimea
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On what island country did about 25% of the population die due to famine after a volcanic eruption spewed toxic gasses that poisoned crops?
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Iceland
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Who followed in his father's footsteps to become Prime Minister of Great Britain, and, at age 24, was the youngest to ever hold that office?
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William Pitt the Younger
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Well, at least I got this one right.