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Question	Answer	% Correct
...many ships sank during the Battle of Leyte Gulf?	33	65%
...did humans originally reach Great Britain?	Over a land bridge	55%
...did the people of Hatra repel a Roman attack in 198 AD?	Scorpion bombs	55%
...are ksars (Berber villages) arranged?	Attached houses	45%
...long is the cursus near Stonehenge?	c.1.9 miles	45%
...is Shangdu better known?	Xanadu	40%
...tall and wide is the archway of Taq Kasra (in metres)?	37 by 26	35%
...large was the Ashanti Empire in 1874 (in square miles)?	100,000	30%
...old was Louis Braille when he developed a code for the French alphabet?	15	30%
...many Sapa Inca were there?	19	30%
...would the Rapa Nui choose a Tangata manu?	Contestants would send others to collect a bird egg	30%
...large was Kaifeng's population in 1200 AD?	1,000,000	20%
...did Taíno chiefs elevate themselves above their subjects?	Golden pendants, square houses and wooden stools	20%
...was Buddhism officially introduced to Japan?	Through a Korean mission, containing monks	20%
...old is San Francisco (by founding date)?	1776	15%