Philippines
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Philippines
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What Portuguese explorer died in the Philippines during the first circumnavigation of the globe in 1521?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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What Spanish king were the Philippines named after?
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Philip II
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What U.S. general fled the Japanese invasion of the islands in 1942, but returned two years later?
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Douglas MacArthur
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Who was the dictator of the Philippines from 1972-1981? (hint: his wife had a large shoe collection)
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Ferdinand Marcos
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What volcano lowered global temperatures when it erupted in 1991?
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Mount Pinatubo
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Cuba
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Cuba
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What style of music, whose name means "sauce" in Spanish, is based on Cuban traditions?
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Salsa
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What country invaded Cuba in 1898, ending Spanish colonization?
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United States
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Who led Cuba from 1961 until 2008?
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Fidel Castro
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Who was dictator of Cuba before that?
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Fulgencio Batista
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What was placed in Cuba in 1962, sparking a crisis?
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Nuclear Missiles
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Israel
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Israel
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In what town did Jesus grow up?
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Nazareth
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What building was destroyed by the Romans 70 AD?
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Second Temple
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What series of conflicts involved European efforts to capture the Holy Land?
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Crusades
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What word refers to an Israeli agricultural commune?
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Kibbutz
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What peninsula did Israel annex in 1967 but return in 1982?
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Sinai Peninsula
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Norway
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Norway
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What four-letter word is the term for an oral history of the Norse people?
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Saga
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Vikings from Norway were the first Europeans to reach Vinland. In what modern-day country would you find Vinland?
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Canada
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What award has been given out in Norway to people such as Nelson Mandela and Mother Theresa since 1901?
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Nobel Peace Prize
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What country was united with Norway from 1814 to 1905?
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Sweden
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What Norwegian explorer was the first person to reach the South Pole?
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Roald Amundsen
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Russia
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Russia
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What territory did Russia sell to the U.S. in 1867?
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Alaska
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Prior to 1917, what was the title of the leader of Russia?
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Tsar
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What was the first country to secede from the USSR?
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Lithuania
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Who was the first president of the Russian federation?
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Boris Yeltsin
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What appeared in the skies over Chelyabinsk in 2013?
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Meteor
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Serbia
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Serbia
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What ethnic group migrated into the Balkans (and also Russia) from the 5th to 10th century A.D.?
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Slavs
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What saint helped convert the area to Christianity, and is the namesake of the alphabet used by many Eastern European countries?
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St. Cyril
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Whose assassination was Serbia blamed for in 1914?
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Franz Ferdinand
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Who was the leader of Yugoslavia from 1953-1980?
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Josip Broz Tito
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What partially-recognized country seceded from Serbia in 2008?
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Kosovo
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The phrasing of the question is asking about an animal that became domesticated during that specific time period, not one that was already domesticated prior to it. There is a significant difference between those two concepts.
I was surprised the correct answer wasn't accepted while the incorrect answer was, especially when the correct answer is far more interesting. :)
Please review and thank you for many years of enjoyment with these terrific quizzes!
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