Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Country that rejected apartheid in 1994 | South Africa | 90%
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Canal completed in 1869 | Suez | 89%
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Elizabethan playwright sometimes called "The Bard" | William Shakespeare | 87%
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Plato's teacher | Socrates | 85%
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Military nobility of medieval Japan | Samurai | 79%
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Militant rival of ancient Athens | Sparta | 79%
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Cold War superpower | Soviet Union | 77%
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First human-made satellite | Sputnik 1 | 76%
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Term for a person who campaigned for women's right to vote | Suffragist | 76%
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Most important political body of the Roman Republic | Senate | 74%
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Indian language in which Hindu scriptures were written | Sanskrit | 67%
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Art movement of Salvador DalĂ | {Surreal}ism | 65%
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City where Mozart was born | Salzburg | 57%
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History's most famous violin maker | Antonio Stradivari | 56%
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Title of the Ottoman ruler | Sultan | 54%
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"This is the place", said Brigham Young | Salt Lake City | 49%
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All-knowing secret police of East Germany | Stasi | 37%
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King Edward VIII abdicated to marry her | Wallis Simpson | 37%
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Guild of cathedral builders | Stonemasons | 31%
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Dynasty of China from 960-1279 | Song | 25%
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