| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Country that declared independence from Great Britain in 1776 | United States | 99%
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| Product that protestors dumped into Boston Harbor during an anti-tax "party" in 1773 | Tea | 98%
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| The leading general of that country | George Washington | 93%
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| The primary author of that's country's Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson | 87%
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| British sea captain who "discovered" Hawaii but was killed by the people who already lived there | James Cook | 84%
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| Original English name of the Hawaiian islands, in honor of an earl who invented a way to eat bread and meat | The {Sandwich} Islands | 76%
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| Empire which sealed an alliance with France by marrying princess Marie Antoinette to the future Louis XVI | Habsburg Empire / Austria | 67%
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| Period of European history, lasting roughly from 1715–1789, that was characterized by increasing beliefs in rationality, science, liberty, and toleration | The {Enlightenment} | 67%
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| Historical book written by Edward Gibbon | The Decline and Fall of the {Roman} {Empire} | 66%
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| City whose opera house, "Teatro alla Scala", opened in 1778 | Milan | 65%
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| City home to the above author, as well as many other luminaries such as David Hume, Robert Burns, and James Hutton | Edinburgh | 57%
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| Author of "The Wealth of Nations", the foundational text of economics | Adam Smith | 56%
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| Author of "Candide" who died in Paris but was denied a Christian burial | Voltaire | 51%
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| Play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe about a man who sold his soul to the devil | Faust | 48%
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| Scottish inventor who made major improvements to the steam engine | James Watt | 38%
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| Ruler of the above empire | Maria {Theresa} | 34%
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| Modern-day city founded by the Spanish as a religious mission dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi | San Francisco | 32%
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| Fur trapper who established the first English settlement in Kentucky | Daniel Boone | 26%
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