Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Style of music that originated in New Orleans in the early 1900s | Jazz | 95%
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A crisis was triggered when Egypt seized control of this canal in 1956 | Suez | 95%
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Former prison in San Francisco Bay that once housed Al Capone | Alcatraz | 94%
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Archduke assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914 | {Franz} Ferdinand | 94%
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Nickname of the second man on the moon | Buzz | 91%
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Name for the German bombing attacks on the UK in 1940 and 1941 | The Blitz | 90%
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Red cylindrical hat often seen in the Ottoman Empire | Fez | 88%
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Viennese dance in 3/4 time that scandalized the easily-scandalized people of the 1700s | Waltz | 86%
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In 1969, Seiko released the first wristwatch that used these crystals to keep time | Quartz | 83%
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"The only reason not to stay at the ____ is if you can't afford it", said Ernest Hemingway of this luxurious Paris hotel | Hôtel Ritz | 79%
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He built the world's first practical automobile in 1885. Today, a German car company is partially named for him. | Karl Benz | 75%
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German nickname for Friedrich, it was a nickname that Allied soldiers used for all German troops during the two World Wars | Fritz | 65%
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After this Venezuelan President was elected in 1998, he passed a new Constitution which eliminated many checks and balances | Hugo Chávez | 55%
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Israeli collective farm. The first one was established in 1909. | Kibbutz | 55%
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Native American people who were semi-accurately named "pierced nose" by French explorers | {Nez} Perce | 48%
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Swimmer who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics | Mark Spitz | 44%
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Often considered the greatest of Napoleon's victories, it brought an end to the Holy Roman Empire | Battle of {Austerlitz} | 29%
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Spanish court painter who painted "Las Meninas" | Diego Velázquez | 26%
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For 23 days after the death of Hitler, this admiral was the leader of Germany | Karl Dönitz | 21%
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This Mexican port city was captured by the U.S. in 1847 and again in 1914 | Veracruz | 18%
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