| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Did the Mongols ever conquer China? | Yes | 79%
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| How did Napoleon die? | Stomach cancer (or maybe poisoning), St. Helena, 1821 | 77%
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| In what modern-day country was Stalin born? | Georgia | 76%
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| Did Buddha live before Jesus or after? | Before | 70%
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| What was the Balfour Declaration? | A statement of British support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine | 65%
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| When did the Crimean War happen? | 1800s | 64%
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| What supposed Medieval practice was known as "droit du seigneur" or "jus primae noctis"? | The right of a lord to sleep with a newlywed maiden | 60%
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| What royal house did Queen Elizabeth I come from? | Tudors | 52%
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| True or false. The Inca Empire lasted for thousands of years before the arrival of the Spanish. | False | 50%
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| Croesus was the king of Lydia (in modern-day Turkey) during the 500s BC. What is he famous for? | Being rich | 49%
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| Why is Phineas Gage known to history? | His personality changed when an iron rod was driven through his head | 48%
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| In 1457, the Scottish Parliament banned football and golf. Why? | Men were playing sports instead of practicing archery | 48%
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| What was the original worth of a British pound? | Pound of silver | 44%
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| Who did John Hinckley shoot in 1981? | Ronald Reagan | 42%
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| True or false. Before the arrival of Europeans, the Hawaiian islands had high levels of social equality. | False | 31%
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