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Question	Answer	% Correct
Whose ninth and final symphony premiered in Vienna?	Ludwig van Beethoven	97%
What revolutionary leader helped Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia achieve independence?	Simón Bolívar	84%
Who died of stomach cancer, or perhaps arsenic poisoning, on the island of St. Helena?	Napoleon Bonaparte	83%
What did Jean-François Champollion use to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs?	The {Rosetta} Stone	82%
What huge land mass was finally discovered in 1820?	Antarctica	78%
In what modern-day country was a colony established for freed American slaves?	Liberia	77%
What country did the famous conjoined twins Chang and Eng come from?	Siam	61%
What canal connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes?	Erie Canal	59%
What country, originally called New Holland, gained its current name?	Australia	54%
What city did London overtake to become the most populous in the world?	Beijing	52%
What empire abolished the Janissaries, who for 463 years had served as its most elite soldiers?	Ottoman Empire	52%
Who published his comprehensive dictionary of American English?	Noah Webster	50%
What armless Greek sculpture was discovered on the island of Melos?	Venus de Milo	50%
What libertine English poet died of fever fighting for Greek independence?	Lord Byron	44%
The "Stockton and Darlington", opened in 1825, was the first of its kind and was one of the most momentous innovations of the 19th century. What was it?	Railway	41%
Who was re-elected as President of the United States, running essentially unopposed?	James Monroe	38%
What agreement added two new states to the U.S. and prohibited the expansion of slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel?	{Missouri} Compromise	37%
What metal, the most common in the Earth's crust, was extracted from ore for the first time? (For decades, it would be more expensive than gold.)	Aluminum	32%
What type of people were, for the first time in 157 years, allowed to serve in the British Parliament?	Catholics	25%
What "Ode to a Nightingale" poet died of tuberculosis at the tender age of 25?	John Keats	22%