Statistics for Random History #2

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Question	Answer	% Correct
In 1962, missiles installed on what island nearly led the USA and USSR to war?	Cuba	96%
What was the name of the first man-made satellite in space?	Sputnik	89%
Which of these US states was once an independent country?	Texas	89%
Which actress starred in the title role in the 1963 movie Cleopatra?	Elizabeth Taylor	74%
What modern-day country wasn't a part of the Roman Empire?	Ireland	74%
Which European people have spoken a non-Indo European language for millenia?	Basques	63%
Which of these men was a leader of the Protestant Reformation?	John Calvin	63%
Which country handed control of Macau back to China in 1999?	Portugal	63%
Which island was never settled by native peoples of the Americas?	Bermuda	59%
Who died of a nosebleed on his wedding night?	Attila the Hun	56%
Which historian wrote a history of Rome called Ab Urbe Condita?	Livy	41%
Which of these empires was centered in what is now Mexico?	Olmec	30%
The first reliably reported battle in world history was the Battle of…?	Megiddo	26%
Which of these US states was not once an independent country?	Louisiana	22%
Which battle marked the decline of Spartan hegemony and the rise of Thebes?	Leuctra	11%