| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Queen who died after a reign of 63 years | Queen Victoria | 94%
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| American city that was devastated by an earthquake in 1906 | San Francisco | 83%
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| Tire company that created a restaurant guide to help promote driving | Michelin | 78%
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| Theory of spacetime formulated by Albert Einstein | Special Relativity | 75%
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| New invention that was first tested near Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina | Airplane | 72%
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| Ford automobile that came in any color you want – as long as it was black | Model T | 71%
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| River on which the Aswan Dam was built | Nile | 68%
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| Destination that was nearly reached by explorer Robert Peary | The North Pole | 68%
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| Modern-day country in which the Second Boer War was fought | South Africa | 67%
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| Art movement started by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso | Cubism | 65%
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| Fill in the blank: "Speak softly, and carry a big _____" | Stick | 65%
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| Word that referred to a woman such as Emmeline Pankhurst who fought for the right of women to vote (hint: starts with S) | Suffragette | 60%
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| A dreadnought was a type of __________ | Battleship | 55%
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| Volcano which erupted, killing 100 people in the Naples area | Mt. Vesuvius | 51%
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| Period of prosperity that was experienced by France | {Belle} Époque | 44%
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| Musical genre exemplified by Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" | Ragtime | 44%
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| Style of variety show that was popular during the time period (hint: starts with V) | Vaudeville | 39%
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| President who was assassinated in Buffalo, New York by anarchist Leon Czolgosz | William McKinley | 34%
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| Author who wrote the novel "Kim" | Rudyard Kipling | 27%
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| French author who began writing "In Search of Lost Time" | Marcel Proust | 18%
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