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Question	Answer	% Correct
What festival was held in the city of Munich for the first time?	Oktoberfest	93%
What battle in Belgium finally sealed Napoleon's downfall in 1815?	Battle of Waterloo	92%
What did Baron Karl von Drais invent, although at the time it didn't have pedals, and was called a velocipede?	Bicycle	83%
What German brothers published their first collection of fairy tales?	The Brothers Grimm	83%
What city marked the easternmost point of Napoleon's conquests in 1812?	Moscow	82%
What state did the U.S. acquire from Spain?	Florida	80%
What famous novel was written by Mary Shelley?	Frankenstein	79%
Who wrote "Pride and Prejudice"?	Jane Austen	78%
What country's war of independence was sparked by a priest named Miguel Hidalgo?	Mexico	77%
What Viennese dance in 3/4 time was introduced in England, although some people considered it to be indecent?	Waltz	77%
To what island in the Mediterranean was Napoleon exiled (before escaping)?	Elba	71%
What island chain was united under the rule of Kamehameha the Great?	Hawaii	68%
What war pitted the United States against the United Kingdom?	War of 1812	68%
What African kingdom began a period of conquest under its new leader, Shaka?	Zulu Kingdom	61%
What was the year 1816 known as, due to the climate-altering eruption of Mount Tambora?	The Year Without a {Summer}	60%
Who was the leading British general at that battle?	Duke of Wellington	57%
What creative way of drawing congressional district boundaries was invented by Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry?	Gerrymandering	57%
What gathering of diplomats redrew the borders of many European countries after the defeat of Napoleon?	Congress of {Vienna}	52%
What English anti-technology group destroyed textile machinery?	The Luddites	38%
Who wrote "Ivanhoe" and "Rob Roy"?	Sir Walter Scott	27%