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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who started the Protestant Reformation?	Martin Luther	86%
What chemical weapon used in WWI got its name from the yellow-brown appearance?	{Mustard} gas	76%
Who was the first person to see the moons of Jupiter?	Galileo Galilei	74%
What does the name "Stalin" mean in Russian?	Man of {Steel}	70%
What empire had its capital at Tenochtitlan?	Aztec Empire	69%
Which British king suffered from dementia during the last 10 years of his 60 year reign?	King George III	66%
Who supposedly fiddled while Rome burned (but actually didn't)?	Nero	66%
Who is the namesake of the country of Bolivia?	Simón Bolívar	66%
What ancient empire was led by Xerxes, Cyrus, and Darius?	Persian Empire	62%
Who famously said "I am not a crook" in a 1973 speech?	Richard Nixon	59%
Which city did Rome fight against in the Punic Wars?	Carthage	56%
In what country did the Fascist movement start in 1919?	Italy	55%
What Viking group settled in France before conquering England, Sicily, and Malta?	The Normans	50%
In what war was Washington D.C. burned?	War of 1812	48%
What country employed Molotov cocktails to resist Soviet invasion in 1939?	Finland	41%
What group sacked Baghdad in 1258, ending the Islamic Golden Age?	The Mongols	41%
What epic poem is thought to be the oldest in the English language?	Beowulf	40%
Which member of the Ba'ath Party was executed in 2006?	Saddam Hussein	35%
What important 19th century fertilizer came from bird or bat droppings?	Guano	34%
What father and son Prime Ministers are referred to as "The Elder" and "The Younger"?	William Pitt	30%