| Clue | Answer | % Correct |
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| July 14th event which sparked the French Revolution | Storming of the {Bastille} | 92%
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| Lancaster vs. York | Wars of the {Roses} | 84%
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| Archaeological site near Luxor where about 30 pharaohs are buried | Valley of the {Kings} | 72%
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| "Remembered" San Antonio event | Battle of the {Alamo} | 71%
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| Karl Marx called religion the ... | {Opium} of the People | 62%
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| Title which the pope gave to Henry VIII (but probably wish he hadn't) | Defender of the {Faith} | 55%
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| 1934 event where Hitler purged his rivals in the Nazi party | Night of the {Long} {Knives} | 48%
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| Book by Charles Darwin about his travels to the Galapagos and elsewhere | Voyage of the {Beagle} | 46%
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| To the French, it is "fin de siècle" | End of the {Century} | 43%
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| Patriotic song for the Union side during the U.S. Civil War | Battle Hymn of the {Republic} | 41%
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| Church in Bethlehem where Jesus was thought to have been born | Church of the {Nativity} | 31%
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| Most prestigious medal awarded by the USSR | {Hero} of the Soviet Union | 28%
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| England's oldest knightly order, founded in 1348 | Order of the {Garter} | 25%
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| Painting by Géricault depicting the survivors of a notorious 1816 shipwreck | Raft of the {Medusa} | 15%
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| Another name for Proust's book "In Search of Lost Time" | Remembrance of {Things} {Past} | 14%
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| William the Conqueror's campaigns to subjugate Northern England | {Harrying} of the North | 14%
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| Chinese historical novel set in the turbulent period after the collapse of the Han dynasty | {Romance} of the Three Kingdoms | 11%
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| In England, this highly coveted position was tasked with helping the king use the toilet | {Groom} of the Stool | 9%
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