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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who famously had children with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?	Cleopatra	87%
What empire, based in Cusco, once controlled much of the Andes?	Inca Empire	83%
What word, starting with S, refers to the noble warrior caste of feudal Japan?	Samurai	79%
What island chain did Charles Darwin visit that inspired his theory of natural selection?	Galápagos Islands	78%
What trade did the Dutch East India Company dominate in 17th and 18th centuries?	Spice	70%
Who invented the printing press in Europe?	Johannes Gutenberg	68%
Who held the title of "generalísimo" as leader of Spain from 1939–1975?	Francisco Franco	65%
What did Alfred Nobel invent?	Dynamite	63%
What product did Gandhi march to the sea to obtain?	Salt	62%
Who said "honey, I forgot to duck" after being shot in 1981?	Ronald Reagan	55%
What country imported an estimated four million slaves before finally banning slavery in 1888?	Brazil	51%
What city was led by a doge?	Venice (or Genoa)	50%
What island chain did Captain Cook discover before being killed by the people who already lived there?	Hawaii	48%
What ancient kingdom was ruled by King Nebuchadnezzar II?	Babylon	47%
What location in Greece was home to the most well-known oracle of Apollo?	Delphi	46%
What Christian city was sacked during the Fourth Crusade?	Constantinople	41%
Who is said to have cut the Gordian Knot?	Alexander the Great	39%
Who captained the Golden Hind on the second circumnavigation in world history?	Sir Francis Drake	34%
Who commissioned the Domesday Book to survey his conquests?	William the Conqueror	32%
What Native American confederacy is composed of six tribes including the Mohawk and Seneca?	Iroquois	28%