Statistics for History Quiz: What...?

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Question	Answer	% Correct
...was the first confirmed form of aircraft to have successfully carried a person?	Balloon	88%
...did Scottish inventor Sir James Dewar invent?	Vacuum flask	63%
...is an illuminated manuscript?	A manuscript decorated with initials, borders and miniature illustrations.	60%
...was destroyed in 226 BC?	Colossus of Rhodes	55%
...killed Sigurd the Mighty?	A decapitated head	40%
...archaeological site contains the world's oldest megaliths?	Göbekli Tepe	38%
...is Ned Kelly famous for?	Wearing armour	33%
...may have inspired the belief in the existence of cyclopes?	Fossil skulls of dwarf elephants	30%
...served as Genghis Khan's capital?	Karakorum	30%
...is (possibly) the oldest novel ever written?	The Tale of Genji	30%
...empire dominated the Indian subcontinent between 322-185 BC?	Maurya	28%
...was the main purpose of the shuriken?	To distract or misdirect	28%
...was the capital of Egypt's 19th dynasty?	Pi-Ramesses	25%
...was the tallest building before 1549?	Lincoln Cathedral	13%
...was the largest pre-Columbian city in South America?	Chan Chan	3%