| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Canal finished in 1914 | Panama Canal | 93%
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| Japanese target on Dec 7, 1941 | Pearl Harbor | 92%
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| Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius | Pompeii | 90%
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| Disease that killed over 1/3rd of Europe in the 1300s | Plague | 89%
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| Title for the ruler of ancient Egypt | Pharaoh | 87%
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| Aristotle's teacher | Plato | 86%
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| Ancient Egyptian writing material | Papyrus | 83%
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| U.S. era when alcohol sales were banned | Prohibition | 82%
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| Temple on the acropolis of Athens | Parthenon | 75%
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| Former English spelling of Beijing | Peking | 75%
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| "Great" tsar of Russia | Peter the Great | 74%
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| Venetian who wrote about his travels to China in the 1200s | Marco Polo | 72%
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| Empire ruled by Cyrus and Xerxes | Persia | 69%
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| Germanic country known for its efficient military | Prussia | 68%
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| Co-founder of Cubism | Pablo Picasso | 65%
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| Ancient sea-going civilization that invented the alphabet | Phoenician | 50%
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| Conqueror of the Incas | Francisco Pizarro | 38%
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| Celtic tribe of ancient Scotland | Picts | 31%
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| Name of two British PMs, elder and younger | William Pitt | 29%
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| First emperor of Brazil | Pedro | 21%
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