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What nation was led by Ho Chi Minh? | North Vietnam | 93%
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What notorious leader had a similar style mustache to Charlie Chaplin? | Adolf Hitler | 91%
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What expensive fabric was only made in China until around 300 A.D.? | Silk | 90%
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Where were gunpowder, paper, the compass, and the printing press invented? | China | 89%
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What name is given to the Japanese suicide pilots of WWII? | Kamikaze | 89%
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What young pharaoh's tomb was discovered in 1922? | Tutankhamun | 89%
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Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? | Michelangelo | 88%
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Which U.S. state was an independent country for almost 10 years? | Texas | 88%
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What became the 50th U.S. state in 1959? | Hawaii | 86%
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What country was once led by military leaders called shoguns? | Japan | 85%
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What composer was almost totally deaf when he wrote his 9th and final symphony? | Ludwig van Beethoven | 85%
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Who was Louis XVI's wife? | Marie Antoinette | 85%
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What Italian adventurer wrote about his 24 year journey from Venice to China and back? | Marco Polo | 84%
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What volcano destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum? | Mount Vesuvius | 84%
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What country was formerly known as Siam? | Thailand | 84%
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What was the tallest manmade structure in the world in the year 1900? | Eiffel Tower | 83%
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From which empire did Greece gain its independence, in 1830? | Ottoman Empire | 83%
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What British monarch had the title "Empress of India"? | Queen Victoria | 83%
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What figurative barrier separated democratic and communist Europe? | Iron Curtain | 82%
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What canal opened in 1869 after 10 years of excavation using forced labor? | Suez Canal | 82%
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What monument was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favorite wife? | The Taj Mahal | 82%
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Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation? | Abraham Lincoln | 81%
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In what country did the Bay of Pigs invasion happen? | Cuba | 81%
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Who is said to have gained enlightenment sitting under the Bodhi Tree? | Gautama Buddha | 81%
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Who started the Protestant Reformation? | Martin Luther | 81%
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What yellow gas was famously used in WWI? | Mustard Gas | 81%
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What paper-like writing material was used by the ancient Egyptians? | Papyrus | 81%
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Who was killed in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914? | Franz Ferdinand | 80%
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What 1969 music festival is sometimes considered the zenith of the hippie movement? | Woodstock | 80%
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On what Pacific island did islanders build giant statues called moai? | Easter Island | 79%
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What secret society traces its origins to Medieval stone workers? | Freemasons | 79%
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What type of colony was established in Australia in 1788? | Penal Colony | 79%
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What disease killed over 3% of the world's population in 1918 and 1919? | Spanish Flu | 79%
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Who supposedly fiddled while Rome burned (but actually didn't)? | Nero | 78%
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What fleet of warships did Spain launch against England in 1588? | Spanish Armada | 78%
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What empire had its capital at Tenochtitlan? | Aztec Empire | 77%
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What unflattering nickname was given to Queen Mary I of England? | Bloody Mary | 77%
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Who was the first person to see the moons of Jupiter? | Galileo | 77%
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What famous train ran between Paris and Istanbul? | Orient Express | 77%
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What did 18th century men commonly wear that was powdered and white? | Wigs | 77%
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What country was known as the CCCP in its own language? | USSR | 76%
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What composer died while composing a Requiem in 1791? | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 76%
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What type of craft was the Hindenburg? | Zeppelin | 76%
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Which country was divided near the 38th parallel in 1953? | Korea | 75%
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Who is the namesake of the country of Bolivia? | Simón Bolívar | 75%
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What disease was eradicated in 1979? | Smallpox | 75%
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What crop was "king" in the antebellum U.S. South? | Cotton | 74%
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What bird of Mauritius was driven to extinction in the 1600s? | Dodo | 74%
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What was New York City called before 1664? | New Amsterdam | 74%
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What was the name of King Louis XIV's palace? | Palace of Versailles | 74%
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What constricting garment was worn by 19th century women to achieve an hourglass figure? | Corset | 73%
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What started on October 29, 1929 and lasted for about a decade? | Great Depression | 73%
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What was the primary language of the Byzantine Empire? | Greek | 73%
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Who invented the printing press in Europe? | Johannes Gutenberg | 73%
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What is either a type of orange or a term for a bureaucrat of ancient China? | Mandarin | 73%
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What product did Gandhi march to the sea to obtain? | Salt | 73%
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In what Beijing square were democracy activists massacred in 1989? | Tiananmen | 73%
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What empire, based in Cusco, once controlled much of the Andes? | Inca Empire | 72%
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Before becoming king of England, what country was James I the king of? | Scotland | 72%
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What island chain did Charles Darwin famously visit, inspiring his theory of natural selection? | Galápagos Islands | 71%
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What Parisienne was the first person to win multiple Nobel Prizes? | Marie Curie | 71%
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Who was the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn? | Queen Elizabeth I | 71%
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What trade did the Dutch East India Company dominate in 17th and 18th centuries? | Spice | 71%
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What was the main export of Jamaica during its colonial period? | Sugar | 71%
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Who is Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov better known as? | Vladimir Lenin | 71%
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What country was personally owned (and abused) by King Leopold of Belgium? | D.R. Congo | 70%
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What is the name for a Celtic priest? | Druid | 70%
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What did Alfred Nobel invent? | Dynamite | 70%
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What ancient empire had capital cities in Memphis and Thebes? | Egypt | 70%
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Who said “The Eagle has Landed” on July 20, 1969? | Neil Armstrong | 70%
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Who was the main author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson | 70%
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What plant, imported from the New World, changed the face of Italian cooking? | Tomato | 70%
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What country still denies its slaughter of over a million Armenians that happened in 1915? | Turkey | 70%
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Who was the only female Prime Minister of India? | Indira Gandhi | 69%
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What era of British history lasted from 1837-1901? | Victorian Era | 69%
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What "generalísimo" ruled Spain from 1939-1975? | Francisco Franco | 68%
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What country was controlled by Spain, the United States, and Japan before becoming independent? | Philippines | 68%
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What drug did Sigmund Freud recommend as a pain reliever, stimulant, and nasal decongestant? | Cocaine | 67%
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What country used Molotov cocktails in their war with the Soviets? | Finland | 67%
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What did Karl Marx and the Unabomber both write? | Manifestos | 67%
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Who fled from Tibet to India in 1959? | The Dalai Lama | 67%
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What Viking group settled in France before conquering England, Sicily, and Malta? | The Normans | 67%
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Who was Prime Minister of the U.K. from 1997-2007? | Tony Blair | 67%
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Which English king was "mad"? | King George III | 66%
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What name is given to the ancient region in the area of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers? | Mesopotamia | 66%
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What city was formerly known as Edo? | Tokyo | 66%
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What was the Democratic Republic of the Congo called from 1971-1997? | Zaire | 66%
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Who famously lived at Robben Island prison from 1964-1982? | Nelson Mandela | 65%
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What term refers to a military nobleman of feudal Japan? | Samurai | 65%
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What spontaneous WWI ceasefire happened in late 1914? | Christmas Truce | 64%
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Who said "the die is cast" as he crossed the Rubicon? | Julius Caesar | 64%
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What city did the Nazis besiege for 872 days but never capture? | Leningrad | 64%
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What city became, by 1835, "the first and greatest industrial city in the world"? | Manchester | 64%
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What facial hair style was made famous by American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside? | Sideburns | 64%
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Europeans brought many new diseases to the New World. What STD did the New World give Europe? | Syphilis | 64%
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What atoll gained notoriety after the United States tested nuclear weapons there? | Bikini Atoll | 63%
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What great Frankish king was crowned Emperor on Christmas Day, 800 AD? | Charlemagne | 63%
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What French designer designed the “little black dress” and was probably a Nazi collaborator? | Coco Chanel | 63%
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What term is given to the British rule of India from 1858-1947? | British Raj | 62%
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Where in Greece could Apollo's oracle be found? | Delphi | 62%
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Who did Friedrich Engels famously work with? | Karl Marx | 62%
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Whose advisors included Sir Thomas More, Cardinal Wolsey, and Thomas Cromwell? | King Henry VIII | 62%
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What creature was used for the medical treatment of bloodletting? | Leeches | 62%
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What general won the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805? | Napoleon | 62%
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For what crime was Al Capone convicted of in 1931? | Tax Evasion | 62%
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What island of modern-day Tanzania was once a center of the Arab spice and slave trades? | Zanzibar | 62%
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What country imported an estimated four million slaves before finally banning slavery in 1888? | Brazil | 61%
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What Mesoamerican civilization mysteriously collapsed around 900 A.D.? | Classic Maya | 61%
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Who abdicated in 1936 in order to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson? | King Edward VIII | 61%
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What city marked the easternmost point of Napoleon's conquests? | Moscow | 61%
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Who is the father of the modern country of Turkey? | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | 61%
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What was the nickname of Louis XIV? | The Sun King | 61%
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In what modern-day country was the Norse settlement of Vinland located? | Canada | 60%
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Against what city did Rome fight the Punic Wars? | Carthage | 60%
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What group, established after WWI, was a failed predecessor to the United Nations? | League of Nations | 60%
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What ancient empire was led by Xerxes, Cyrus, and Darius? | Persia | 60%
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What country built a thousand mile long, rabbit-proof fence in 1907? | Australia | 59%
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Who wrote the musical piece known as "The Ride of the Valkyries"? | Richard Wagner | 59%
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Who said "honey, I forgot to duck" after being shot in 1981? | Ronald Reagan | 59%
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On what famous statue is it written "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses"? | The Statue of Liberty | 59%
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Where were Walter Raleigh, Anne Boleyn, and Guy Fawkes imprisoned? | Tower of London | 59%
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Who was the first European to reach India by sea? | Vasco da Gama | 59%
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What South African nation was led by the warrior-king Shaka? | Zulu | 59%
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What sport would an ancient Roman watch at a hippodrome or circus? | Chariot Racing | 58%
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What modern-day country was once the largest and most profitable Dutch colony? | Indonesia | 58%
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Who famously said "I am not a crook"? | Richard Nixon | 58%
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In which modern-day country was the Anglo-Boer war fought? | South Africa | 58%
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What "plot" was Guy Fawkes involved in? | The Gunpowder Plot | 58%
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What railroad connected Moscow and Vladivostok when it was finished in 1916? | Trans-Siberian | 58%
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In what war was Washington D.C. burned? | War of 1812 | 58%
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What naval battle is considered the turning point of the Pacific Theater of WWII? | Battle of Midway | 57%
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Who is said to have committed suicide via an asp bite? | Cleopatra | 57%
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Who was the First Lady of the U.S. from 1933-1945? | Eleanor Roosevelt | 57%
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What African-American athlete defied Hitler's theories of racial superiority by winning four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics? | Jesse Owens | 57%
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In what sport was Henry VIII participating when he suffered a serious leg injury? | Jousting | 57%
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What duo did Sacagawea help on their famous journey to the Pacific? | Lewis and Clark | 57%
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Phrenologists believed they could determine a person's character by measuring their what? | Skull | 57%
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What was the last name of power couple Eva and Juan? | Perón | 56%
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What country united Germany under its leadership in 1871? | Prussia | 56%
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What English King fought in the Crusades and battled against Saladin? | Richard the Lionheart | 56%
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What Russian princess, murdered in 1918, did many imposters claim to be? | Anastasia | 55%
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From what Latin title are the words "tsar" and "kaiser" derived? | Caesar | 55%
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What Russian empress had affairs with many men? | Catherine the Great | 55%
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What industrialist became the world's first dollar billionaire - thanks to his monopoly on the US oil industry? | John D. Rockefeller | 55%
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What city had a liberal "spring" in 1968 that was crushed by Soviet tanks? | Prague | 55%
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England will never fall as long as what type of bird can be found in London Tower? | Ravens | 55%
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Who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during WWII? | Dwight Eisenhower | 54%
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What country was historically known as Abyssinia? | Ethiopia | 54%
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Which English king was beheaded? | King Charles I | 54%
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What war was depicted in Picasso's painting "Guernica"? | Spanish Civil War | 54%
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What German kingdom was ruled by Ludwig II, builder of the famous Neuschwanstein castle? | Bavaria | 53%
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What Maoist economic program resulted in a famine that killed at least 20 million people? | Great Leap Forward | 53%
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What city's temple was destroyed by the Roman Empire in 70 A.D.? | Jerusalem | 53%
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In what nearly extinct language were the Hindu Vedas written? | Sanskrit | 53%
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What fermented food product was called "liberty cabbage" during WWI? | Sauerkraut | 53%
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What group sacked Baghdad in 1258, ending the Islamic Golden Age? | The Mongols | 53%
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What Pakistani river valley was home to one of the world's most advanced civilizations in 2000 BC? | Indus Valley | 52%
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Who famously wore a pink Chanel suit and matching pillbox hat? | Jackie Kennedy | 52%
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In what city did Muhammad die? | Medina | 52%
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What Roman dome, commissioned by Agrippa in ancient times, still stands today? | The Pantheon | 52%
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What "stick-thin" model became a symbol of Swingin' Sixties London? | Twiggy | 52%
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What nation was ruled by King Nebuchadnezzar II? | Babylon | 51%
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What Argentinian first lady was known as "Evita"? | Eva Perón | 51%
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Whose "little red book" of quotations has been printed billions of times | Mao Zedong | 51%
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What team-based test of strength was an Olympic sport from 1900-1920? | Tug of War | 51%
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Which country was ruled by Idi Amin? | Uganda | 51%
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What city was led by a doge? | Venice | 51%
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Who was the U.S. President during WWI? | Woodrow Wilson | 51%
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In what country was the Pravda newspaper published? | Soviet Union | 50%
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What is another name for a "Brownshirt"? | A Fascist | 49%
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What Greek hero did Alexander model himself after? | Achilles | 48%
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What country was ruled by "Papa Doc" and "Baby Doc" Duvalier? | Haiti | 48%
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What Jewish banking family rose from the Frankfurt ghetto to become unimaginably wealthy? | Rothschild | 48%
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What Christian city was sacked during the Fourth Crusade? | Constantinople | 47%
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Who "invented" the hang glider, parachute, and diving suit? | Leonardo da Vinci | 47%
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In what country is chess thought to have originated? | India | 46%
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What lady supposedly rode naked through the streets of Coventry, seen only by Peeping Tom? | Lady Godiva | 46%
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What design movement was exemplified by the Empire State and Chrysler buildings? | Art Deco | 45%
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What is the term for a woman of the 1920s who wore short skirts, had bobbed hair, drank alcohol, and listened to jazz? | Flapper | 45%
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In what theater was Abraham Lincoln shot? | Ford's Theatre | 45%
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What was invented by Guglielmo Marconi in the 1890s? | Radio | 45%
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What was the name of the forced removal of the Cherokee and other tribes from the southeast U.S.? | Trail of Tears | 45%
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What Greek genius said "Eureka" in the bathtub and is said to have invented a death ray? | Archimedes | 44%
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What epic poem is thought to be the oldest in the English language? | Beowulf | 44%
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On what ship did English sailors mutiny against Captain Bligh? | HMS Bounty | 44%
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What did Roman rulers use to appease the common people? | Bread | 42%
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What Puritanical English ruler banned Christmas? | Oliver Cromwell | 42%
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What bird product was an important fertilizer in the 19th century? | Guano | 41%
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What does the name "Stalin" mean in Russian? | Man of Steel | 41%
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What is the name for a Viking warrior who fought in a trance-like, nearly uncontrollable fury? | Berserker | 40%
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In what city did Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier have a "thrilling" fight? | Manila | 40%
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What technology did Wernher Von Braun help to develop? | Rockets | 40%
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What favorite of Queen Elizabeth tried to colonize Virginia and also popularized smoking? | Sir Walter Raleigh | 40%
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What 1950s subculture was famous for wearing berets, playing bongos, and snapping? | Beatniks | 39%
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During what gold rush was Jack London’s novel “White Fang” set? | Klondike Gold Rush | 39%
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What insignia did the Nazi SS wear on their caps? | Skull and Crossbones | 39%
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What religious movement views Haile Selassie as the Second Coming of Jesus? | Rastafarian | 38%
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Who was the personification of the American female factory worker in WWII? | Rosie the Riveter | 38%
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Who commissioned the Domesday Book to survey his conquests? | William the Conqueror | 37%
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Who is said to have cut the Gordian Knot? | Alexander the Great | 36%
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What entertainer hosted the Oscars 19 times, entertained troops, and lived to age 100? | Bob Hope | 36%
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What is the largest animal that was domesticated in the Americas? | Llama | 36%
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Who did Sirhan Sirhan assassinate? | Robert Kennedy | 36%
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Who was the most notorious member of the Ba'ath Party? | Saddam Hussein | 36%
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What father and son Prime Ministers are referred to as "The Elder" and "The Younger"? | William Pitt | 36%
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What religious order was founded by Ignatius of Loyola to reform the Catholic church? | Jesuits | 35%
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To what Native American group did Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse belong? | Lakota Sioux | 35%
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In what year was gold discovered on Sutter's Mill in California? | 1848 | 34%
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What chemical in tonic water helped prevent European colonists from getting malaria? | Quinine | 34%
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Who sent a telegram from Kitty Hawk in 1903? | Orville Wright | 33%
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Who sailed around the world on the Golden Hind? | Sir Francis Drake | 33%
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In what city was Abraham Zapruder living on November 22, 1963? | Dallas | 32%
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What insecticide was banned, partially due to Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring"? | DDT | 32%
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Who ruled the Austrian empire for almost 68 years before his death in 1916? | Franz Joseph | 32%
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What group of textile workers destroyed job-stealing machines in 19th century England? | Luddites | 32%
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What abolitionist raided Harpers Ferry in 1859? | John Brown | 31%
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What fur-trading company, founded in 1670, once owned about 1/3rd of Canada's land? | Hudson's Bay Company | 30%
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What French feminist wrote "The Second Sex"? | Simone de Beauvoir | 30%
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What Union general adopted a "scorched Earth" policy on his march to the sea through the American south? | William Tecumseh Sherman | 30%
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What was the de-facto state religion of the Achaemenid Persian empire? | Zoroastrianism | 29%
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What couple were executed for giving nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union? | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg | 28%
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What ancient language was the first to develop a sound-based alphabet? | Phoenician | 28%
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What "-ism" was practiced by the people who assassinated President McKinley and Tsar Alexander II? | Anarchism | 27%
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What Native American confederacy is composed of six tribes including the Mohawk and Seneca? | Iroquois | 27%
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What giant bird was hunted to extinction by Māori people on New Zealand? | Moa | 27%
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What were the 1890's known as? | The Gay Nineties | 27%
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What was once the most abundant bird in North America but was driven to extinction in 1914? | Passenger Pigeon | 24%
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What Mexican general redistributed land to the poor and raided the U.S.? | Pancho Villa | 22%
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What Mexican general defeated the Texans at the Alamo? | Antonio López de Santa Anna | 18%
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What area of the Near and Middle East is called the cradle of civilization? | Fertile Crescent | 18%
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What group of French-speaking people settled in Louisiana after being forced out of eastern Canada? | Acadians | 15%
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How many pence were in a pound prior to 1971? | 240 | 12%
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