| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Archduke assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914 | {Franz} Ferdinand | 95%
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| Style of music that originated in New Orleans in the early 1900s | Jazz | 95%
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| A crisis was triggered when Egypt seized control of this canal in 1956 | Suez | 95%
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| Former prison in San Francisco Bay that once housed Al Capone | Alcatraz | 93%
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| Nickname of the second man on the moon | Buzz | 91%
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| Name for the German bombing attacks on the UK in 1940 and 1941 | The Blitz | 90%
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| Red cylindrical hat often seen in the Ottoman Empire | Fez | 87%
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| Viennese dance in 3/4 time that scandalized the easily-scandalized people of the 1700s | Waltz | 85%
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| In 1969, Seiko released the first wristwatch that used these crystals to keep time | Quartz | 82%
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| "The only reason not to stay at the ____ is if you can't afford it", said Ernest Hemingway of this luxurious Paris hotel | Hôtel Ritz | 78%
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| He built the world's first practical automobile in 1885. Today, a German car company is partially named for him. | Karl Benz | 74%
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| German nickname for Friedrich, it was a nickname that Allied soldiers used for all German troops during the two World Wars | Fritz | 64%
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| Israeli collective farm. The first one was established in 1909. | Kibbutz | 54%
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| After this Venezuelan President was elected in 1998, he passed a new Constitution which eliminated many checks and balances | Hugo Chávez | 53%
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| Native American people who were semi-accurately named "pierced nose" by French explorers | {Nez} Perce | 47%
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| Swimmer who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics | Mark Spitz | 41%
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| Often considered the greatest of Napoleon's victories, it brought an end to the Holy Roman Empire | Battle of {Austerlitz} | 29%
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| Spanish court painter who painted "Las Meninas" | Diego Velázquez | 24%
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| For 23 days after the death of Hitler, this admiral was the leader of Germany | Karl Dönitz | 20%
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| This Mexican port city was captured by the U.S. in 1847 and again in 1914 | Veracruz | 17%
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