Statistics for General Historical Questions

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What Napoleonic battle occurred in 1815?	Waterloo	92%
Which British Admiral lost his life at Trafalgar?	Nelson	77%
Which man was believed to me the main protagonist in the Gunpowder Plot to blow-up the U.K. Houses of Parliament?	Guy Fawkes	71%
How many wives did Henry VIII have?	Six	68%
In which country was the Boer War fought?	South Africa	67%
By which name is T.E. Lawrence better known?	Lawrence of Arabia	65%
In what country is the WWI battlefield of Gallipoli?	Turkey	63%
In what year was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?	1865	41%
In what year was Pan Am 103 brought down over Lockerbie, Scotland?	1988	36%
What battle preceded it in 1812?	Trafalgar	29%
In which British stately home was Winston Churchill born?	Blenheim Palace	15%
Which play was he watching when he was shot?	Our American Cousin	9%
What was the name of the last Emperor of China?	Puyi	8%
Which German pocket-battleship was scuttled off Montevideo in WWII?	Graf Spee	7%
How did the Japanese Imperial Battleship Yamato meet its end?	Air attack	1%