Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Turkish empire that conquered Constantinople | Ottoman Empire | 97%
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Greek athletic competition that started in 776 BC | Olympics | 94%
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Drug that led to two wars in China | Opium | 91%
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Cromwell's first name | Oliver | 86%
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First king of the Netherlands | William of {Orange} | 76%
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One of two epics attributed to Homer | Odyssey | 72%
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Japanese island and site of bitter fighting in WWII | Okinawa | 68%
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Deadliest D-Day beach | Omaha Beach | 68%
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Nickname of Joan of Arc | Maid of {Orleans} | 60%
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Pioneer trail from Missouri to the Willamette Valley | Oregon Trail | 58%
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Jacqueline Bouvier's second husband | Aristotle Onassis | 52%
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"Father" of the A-bomb | J. Robert Oppenheimer | 52%
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Cartel that declared an oil embargo in 1973 | OPEC | 50%
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Language in which "Beowulf" was written | Old English | 50%
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Also known as the Bolshevik Revolution | {October} Revolution | 48%
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Roman poet who wrote "Metamorphoses" | Ovid | 44%
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Site of a "land rush" in 1889 | Oklahoma | 44%
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Site of 1993 Israel/PLO accords | Oslo | 32%
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Relatives of the Visigoths | Ostrogoths | 30%
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Ancient Mexican civilization known for colossal head sculptures | Olmec | 29%
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