Question | Answer | % Correct |
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Who started her 63 year reign as Queen of the United Kingdom? | Queen Victoria | 98%
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What drug did China ban, leading to an invasion by the United Kingdom? | Opium | 92%
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What was abolished in the British Empire in 1833? | Slavery | 86%
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What European country officially gained independence from the Ottoman Empire? | Greece | 81%
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What Spanish religious tribunal was disbanded 356 years after it began? | Spanish {Inquisition} | 80%
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Who embarked on his famous voyage aboard the HMS Beagle? | Charles Darwin | 76%
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What nearby city was connected to Manchester by the world's first inter-city railway? | Liverpool | 76%
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What was the most "remembered" battle of Texas's revolution against Mexico? | Battle of the {Alamo} | 74%
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What was the name of the forced migration of Cherokees, Seminoles, and other Native American tribes from their homelands to Oklahoma? | Trail of {Tears} | 70%
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What country gained independence from the Netherlands? | Belgium | 69%
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Who published his first novel, "The Pickwick Papers"? | Charles Dickens | 66%
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What country, known as "The Graveyard of Empires", did the British invade? | Afghanistan | 63%
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What pioneer trail was first used by people traveling to the Willamette Valley on the west coast of the United States? | {Oregon} Trail | 59%
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Who became the first President of the Latter Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormons? | Joseph Smith | 55%
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What sauce did Lea & Perrins manufacture for the first time? | Worcestershire Sauce | 55%
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Who wrote "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"? | Victor Hugo | 54%
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What city, founded in 1833, would grow to become the world's fifth-largest by 1900? | Chicago | 41%
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What did Louis Daguerre invent? | Photography (daguerreotype) | 41%
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Who became king in France following the July Revolution? | Louis {Philippe} | 19%
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