| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Author of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" | Orwell | 89%
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| Spanish invasion fleet of 1588 | Armada | 79%
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| Chinese dictator: Mao _____ | Zedong | 78%
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| Greek goddess of wisdom | Athena | 76%
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| Celtic language of Scotland and Ireland | Gaelic | 76%
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| Site of a genocide in 1994 | Rwanda | 72%
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| City whose U.S. embassy was stormed in 1979 | Tehran | 71%
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| December 7, 1941 : a date which will live in _____ | Infamy | 68%
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| U.S. state whose first settlement was founded by Mormons in 1851 | Nevada | 66%
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| Kingdom that merged with Castile | Aragon | 60%
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| Main language of WWII code talkers | Navajo | 59%
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| Marx's partner | Engels | 58%
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| City formerly known as the "Paris of the Middle East" | Beirut | 57%
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| Title of the de-facto ruler of Japan before the Meiji Restoration | Shogun | 55%
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| Town where St. Francis was born | Assisi | 53%
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| Principal residence of the French king before Versailles was built | Louvre | 45%
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| Region of India and Pakistan where the Indus Valley Civilization was based | Punjab | 39%
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| Pilot who broke the sound barrier | Yeager | 39%
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| Father of Alexander the Great | Philip | 36%
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| Inventor of the inflatable rubber tire, today his name is seen on tennis balls | Dunlop | 32%
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| WWII admiral: Chester _____ | Nimitz | 30%
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| Company that owned Transatlantic ships such as the Lusitania | Cunard | 19%
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