| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Country in which the Qianlong Emperor started his 60-year reign | China | 97%
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| Empire that captured Belgrade from the Austrians | Ottoman Empire | 86%
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| City where Benjamin Franklin established the first public library in the Americas | Philadelphia | 82%
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| Bouncy tree product from the Amazon forest which was first identified by science | Rubber | 78%
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| Body part which surgeons removed for the first time (today, this surgery is relatively common) | Appendix | 76%
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| Secret society who first practiced the "Scottish Rite" | Freemasons | 76%
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| Street address which became home to the Prime Minister of Great Britain | 10 Downing Street | 74%
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| Type of novelty clock invented in the Black Forest region | {Cuckoo} clock | 74%
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| Country in which Stanisław I and Augustus III battled over the throne | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | 69%
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| City founded in Costa Rica | San José | 60%
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| In 1731, a match of this sport was decided by a score of 119–79, making it the earliest known sports score in history | Cricket | 57%
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| Type of disaster which killed an estimated 300,000 near Calcutta in 1737 | Tropical cyclone | 52%
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| Element used to make blue pigment which was the first metal to be discovered since ancient times | Cobalt | 49%
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| City on the coast of Georgia founded by General James Oglethorpe | Savannah | 49%
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| Evangelical movement which swept the British colonies of North America | The Great {Awakening} | 33%
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| Christian movement started by John Wesley after having a religious epiphany | {Method}ism | 32%
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