Question | Answer | % Correct |
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What nation was led by Ho Chi Minh? | North Vietnam | 91%
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What was New York City called before 1664? | Nieuw Amsterdam | 87%
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What country was the site of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961? | Cuba | 84%
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What canal opened in 1869 after 10 years of excavation using forced labor? | Suez Canal | 79%
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In what modern-day country was the Norse settlement of Vinland located? | Canada | 66%
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What English city was called, in 1835, "the first and greatest industrial city in the world"? | Manchester | 65%
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What era of British history lasted from 1837–1901? | {Victorian} Era | 63%
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What is the name for a Celtic priest? | Druid | 61%
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What bird's presence in the Tower of London supposedly ensures that England will never fall? | Ravens | 57%
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What team-based test of strength was an Olympic sport from 1900–1920? | Tug of war | 57%
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Who supposedly rode naked through the streets of Coventry, seen only by Peeping Tom? | Lady Godiva | 49%
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What country's official newspaper was called Pravda, meaning "truth"? | Soviet Union | 48%
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Phrenologists believed they could determine a person's character by measuring their ____. | Skull | 47%
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Who was the first European to reach India by sea? | Vasco da Gama | 44%
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What Greek hero of the Iliad did Alexander the Great model himself after? | Achilles | 42%
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Who hosted the Oscars 19 times, entertained troops, and lived to age 100? | Bob Hope | 39%
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What chemical in tonic water helped prevent European colonists from getting malaria? | Quinine | 37%
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What Roman dome, dedicated in 126 AD, still stands today? | The Pantheon | 37%
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What giant bird, bigger than the ostrich, was hunted to extinction by the Māori people of New Zealand? | Moa | 24%
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What French feminist wrote "The Second Sex"? | Simone de Beauvoir | 23%
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