| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Norse raiders who terrorized Europe | Vikings | 97%
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| Italian city-state and naval power of the Middle Ages | Venice | 89%
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| Wallachian duke who impaled people | Vlad | 77%
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| City that was the center of classical music around 1800 | Vienna | 76%
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| U.S. state which was very briefly an independent nation | Vermont | 69%
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| Communist guerrilla group of South Vietnam | Viet Cong | 67%
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| River on whose banks the Battle of Stalingrad was fought | Volga | 65%
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| Namesake of two continents | Amerigo Vespucci | 47%
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| Germanic tribe that sacked Rome in 455 | Vandals | 41%
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| American railroad tycoon who was one of the richest people ever | Cornelius Vanderbilt | 38%
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| Mononymic author of "Candide" | Voltaire | 38%
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| Style of variety show popular around the year 1900 | Vaudeville | 36%
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| Roman term for "exit", not actually a place where people threw up | Vomitorium | 36%
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| Edward Jenner invented the first one in 1798 | Vaccine | 35%
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| One who swears allegiance in exchange for a fief | Vassal | 34%
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| Norse colony in Canada | Vinland | 31%
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| Explorer of Puget Sound | George Vancouver | 29%
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| Group of ancient Hindu scriptures | Vedas | 25%
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| Official Latin translation of the Bible | Vulgate | 14%
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| Beard style of V.I. Lenin and Charles I | Van Dyke | 13%
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