Question | Answer | % Correct |
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What queen died after a reign of 63 years? | Queen Victoria | 93%
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What American city was struck by a major earthquake? | San Francisco | 85%
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What theory of spacetime was formulated by Albert Einstein? | Special Relativity | 75%
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What tire company created a restaurant guide in an effort to promote driving? | Michelin | 74%
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What Ford automobile came in any color you want - as long as it was black? | Model T | 73%
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What new invention was first tested near Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina? | Airplane | 73%
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What destination was almost reached by explorer Robert Peary? | The North Pole | 69%
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Fill in the blank: Speak softly, and carry a big _____ | Stick | 69%
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On what river was the Aswan Dam built? | Nile | 68%
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In what modern-day country was the Second Boer War fought? | South Africa | 67%
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What art movement was started by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso? | Cubism | 65%
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What was a dreadnought? | a Battleship | 52%
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What musical genre was exemplified by Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer"? | Ragtime | 47%
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What city was devastated by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius? | Naples | 47%
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What civil rights organization was founded by W.E.B. DuBois? | NAACP | 44%
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What period of prosperity was experienced by France? | {Belle} Époque | 43%
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What style of variety show was popular? | Vaudeville | 34%
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Who wrote the novel "Kim"? | Rudyard Kipling | 30%
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Who was assassinated by anarchist Leon Czolgosz? | William McKinley | 26%
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Who began writing "In Search of Lost Time"? | Marcel Proust | 18%
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