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Question	Answer	% Correct
Where were gunpowder, paper, the compass, and the printing press invented?	China	95%
What naval base did Japan attack on December 7 leading the United States to declare war the next day?	Pearl Harbor	89%
What is Ivan IV, grand prince of Moscow, better known as today?	Ivan the {Terrible}	87%
Who said “The Eagle has landed” on July 20, 1969?	Neil Armstrong	80%
What country suffered the most deaths from the 2004 tsunami?	Indonesia	75%
What general won the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805?	Napoleon	72%
Who was the only female Prime Minister of India?	Indira Gandhi	71%
What Mesoamerican civilization mysteriously collapsed around 900 A.D.?	Classic Maya	70%
Who fled from Tibet to India in 1959?	The Dalai Lama	68%
Who was Prime Minister of the U.K. from 1997–2007?	Tony Blair	67%
What country built a thousand mile long, rabbit-proof fence in 1907?	Australia	66%
What French designer designed the "little black dress" and was probably a Nazi collaborator?	Coco Chanel	66%
What country united Germany under its leadership in 1871?	Prussia	66%
What was the main export of Jamaica during its colonial period?	Sugar	66%
What is either a type of orange or a term for a bureaucrat of ancient China?	Mandarin	65%
What Argentinian first lady was known as "Evita"?	Eva Perón	57%
What South African nation was led by the warrior-king Shaka?	Zulu	56%
What fictional seducer first appeared in Spanish literature in the 1600s?	Don {Juan}	55%
Who wrote the musical piece known as "The Ride of the Valkyries"?	Richard Wagner	52%
What was invented by Guglielmo Marconi in the 1890s?	Radio	49%