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Question	Answer	% Correct
What Italian adventurer wrote about his 24 year journey from Venice to China and back?	Marco Polo	84%
What young pharaoh's tomb was discovered in 1922?	Tutankhamun	84%
What was the name of King Louis XIV's palace?	Palace of Versailles	83%
What volcano destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum?	Mount Vesuvius	82%
What empire did Greece gain its independence from in 1830?	Ottoman Empire	77%
Who is said to have gained enlightenment while sitting under the Bodhi Tree?	Gautama Buddha	76%
What country was ruled by King James I of England before he became king of England?	Scotland	68%
For what crime was Al Capone convicted and sent to prison in 1931?	Tax Evasion	65%
What was the Democratic Republic of the Congo called between 1971–1997?	Zaire	59%
What was the primary language of the Byzantine Empire?	Greek	57%
From what Latin title are the words "tsar" and "kaiser" derived?	Caesar	56%
What Greek genius is said to have leapt out of the bathtub crying "Eureka!" after making a discovery?	Archimedes	51%
What country was led by Haile Selassie?	Ethiopia	50%
Who is the father of the modern country of Turkey?	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	45%
What sport was Henry VIII participating in when he suffered a serious leg injury?	Jousting	39%
What favorite of Queen Elizabeth tried to colonize Virginia and also popularized smoking in the English court?	Sir Walter Raleigh	34%
What religious movement views Haile Selassie as the Second Coming of Jesus?	Rastafarian	32%
What city was Abraham Zapruder living in on November 22, 1963?	Dallas	31%
Who ruled the Austrian empire for almost 68 years before his death in 1916?	Franz Joseph	21%
What Mexican general is known for raiding the United States and distributing land to the poor?	Pancho Villa	20%