Question | Answer | % Correct |
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What crop failed in Ireland, triggering the Great Famine? | Potato | 98%
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Who wrote "Manifesto of the Communist Party"? | Karl Marx | 93%
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What independent republic joined the U.S. as the 28th state? | Texas | 87%
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What was discovered near Sutter's Mill in California? | Gold | 86%
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What country did the United States fight a war against? | Mexico | 79%
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What country did the United Kingdom annex after signing the Treaty of Waitangi with Māori chiefs? | New Zealand | 78%
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What African country, founded as colony for African-Americans, became independent? | Liberia | 76%
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Who wrote about a repetitive raven that said "nevermore"? | Edgar Allan Poe | 74%
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What did Samuel Morse invent? | Telegraph | 69%
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What desert city was founded by Brigham Young in 1847? | Salt Lake City | 68%
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What did Charles Goodyear learn how to "vulcanize"? | Rubber | 67%
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Who did Queen Victoria marry? (They were first cousins) | Albert | 59%
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Who wrote "Jane Eyre"? | Charlotte Brontë | 58%
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Who wrote "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo"? | Alexandre Dumas | 55%
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Who wrote "Manifesto of the Communist Party"? | Friedrich Engels | 53%
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What party of pioneers resorted to cannibalism when stuck in the Sierra Nevada mountains? | {Donner} Party | 39%
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What "empire" was ruled by Dom Pedro II? | Empire of Brazil | 36%
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And what was the first message he sent using it? | What Hath God {Wrought}? | 35%
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Who began his 67 year reign as Emperor of Austria? | Franz Joseph | 29%
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What is 1848 known as? | Year of {Revolution} | 25%
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