| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Festival which was held in Munich for the first time | Oktoberfest | 93%
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| Battle in Belgium that finally sealed Napoleon's downfall in 1815 | Battle of Waterloo | 91%
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| German brothers who published their first collection of fairy tales | The Brothers Grimm | 82%
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| What Baron Karl von Drais invented, although at the time it didn't have pedals, and was called a velocipede | Bicycle | 81%
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| City that marked the easternmost point of Napoleon's conquests in 1812 | Moscow | 81%
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| State which the U.S. acquired from Spain | Florida | 79%
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| Famous novel written by Mary Shelley | Frankenstein | 77%
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| Author of "Pride and Prejudice" | Jane Austen | 77%
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| Country whose war of independence was sparked by a priest named Miguel Hidalgo | Mexico | 75%
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| Viennese dance in 3/4 time that was introduced in England, although some people considered it to be indecent | Waltz | 73%
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| Mediterranean island to which Napoleon was exiled (before escaping) | Elba | 70%
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| Island chain which was united under the rule of Kamehameha the Great | Hawaii | 67%
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| War that pitted the United States against the United Kingdom | War of 1812 | 67%
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| African kingdom that began a period of conquest under its new leader, Shaka | Zulu Kingdom | 59%
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| What 1816 was known as, due to the climate-altering eruption of Mount Tambora | The Year Without a {Summer} | 58%
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| Creative way of drawing congressional district boundaries which was invented by Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry | Gerrymandering | 56%
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| The leading British general at the above battle | Duke of Wellington | 55%
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| Gathering of diplomats that redrew the borders of many European countries after the defeat of Napoleon | Congress of {Vienna} | 51%
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| English anti-technology group that destroyed textile machinery | The Luddites | 36%
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| Author of "Ivanhoe" and "Rob Roy" | Sir Walter Scott | 24%
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