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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?	Michelangelo	93%
What did 18th century men commonly wear that was powdered and white?	Wigs	77%
Who was the First Lady of the U.S. from 1933–1945?	{Eleanor} Roosevelt	72%
In what empire were Armenians the victims of genocide from 1915–1917?	Ottoman Empire	72%
What crop was "king" in the U.S. South prior to the Civil War?	Cotton	71%
What disease was eradicated in 1979?	Smallpox	65%
What plot was Guy Fawkes involved in?	The {Gunpowder} Plot	65%
What ancient kingdom had capital cities, at different times, in Thebes and Memphis?	Egypt	63%
What city was formerly known as Edo?	Tokyo	62%
Who is Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov better known as?	Vladimir Lenin	62%
What beverage was first consumed in Yemen in the 1400s AD?	Coffee	61%
What Parisienne was the first person to win multiple Nobel Prizes?	Marie Curie	61%
What great Frankish king was crowned Emperor on Christmas Day, 800 AD?	Charlemagne	57%
What Pakistani river valley was home to one of the world's most advanced civilizations in 2000 BC?	Indus Valley	56%
What country was historically known as Abyssinia?	Ethiopia	54%
Who is sometimes credited with "inventing" the hang glider, parachute, and diving suit?	Leonardo da Vinci	54%
What city had a liberal "spring" in 1968 that was crushed by Soviet tanks?	Prague	46%
What, according to cliché, did Roman rulers give to the common people in order to appease them?	{Bread} and circuses	43%
What is the name for a Viking warrior who supposedly fought in a trance-like, nearly uncontrollable fury?	Berserker	40%
What brutal execution method was used on the compatriots of Spartacus?	Crucifixion	38%