United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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Who is the most famous conspirator of the Gunpowder Plot?
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Guy Fawkes
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What disaster struck London in 1666?
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Great Fire of London
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What war did Great Britain fight against France between 1756 and 1763?
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Seven Years War
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Who wrote "A Tale of Two Cities"?
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Charles Dickens
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Who was Prime Minister when Britain voted to leave the EU?
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David Cameron
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Morocco
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Morocco
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What seafaring people established the city of Tangier before 800 BC?
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Phoenicians
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What M word refers to the Northern African people who conquered Spain?
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Moors
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In what city, starting with F, was a madrassa founded in 859 AD that some people call the world's oldest university?
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Fez
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In what city did Allied leaders meet to make plans for WWII in 1943?
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Casablanca
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What territory declared its independence from Morocco in 1979?
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Western Sahara
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Iraq
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Iraq
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What term refers to the Cradle of Civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
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Mesopotamia
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What city was supposedly home to the Hanging Gardens?
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Babylon
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What legendary sailor of the seven seas hailed from Basra?
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Sinbad
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What group raided Baghdad in 1258?
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Mongols
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What country did Iraq invade in 1990?
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Kuwait
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Netherlands
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Netherlands
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What flower was the center of a famous investment bubble in the 1600s?
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Tulip
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What wind-powered device was used by the Dutch to drain wetlands and greatly expand the land area of the country?
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Windmill
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What North American city did the Dutch cede to the English in 1664?
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New Amsterdam
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What scientific device was greatly improved by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek?
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Microscope
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What world famous painter was born in the Netherlands in 1853?
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Vincent Van Gogh
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Iran
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Iran
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What was the most popular religion in Iran prior to Islam?
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Zoroastrianism
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Who was the first "Great" emperor of Persia?
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Cyrus the Great
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Name one of the three Arab caliphates which ruled Iran.
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Rashidun, Umayyad, or Abbasid
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What was the title of the Iranian monarch prior to the 1979 revolution?
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Shah
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What country did Iran fight a war against from 1980-1988?
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Iraq
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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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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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