| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| When was the Berlin Wall taken down? | 1989 | 100%
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| How did Adolf Hitler die? | Suicide | 97%
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| What year was Queen Elizabeth II crowned? | 1953 | 93%
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| A massive meltdown happened at what Soviet nuclear power plant in the 1980s? | Chernobyl | 93%
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| Nicholas II was the last ____ of Russia. | Tsar | 86%
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| Kristallnacht, or the Night of the Broken Glass, happened in which year? | 1938 | 83%
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| The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 occurred in what city? | Beijing | 83%
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| Mao Tse-tung was a leader in what political party? | Communist | 79%
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| Who was the dictator in charge of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia? | Pol Pot | 76%
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| The Democratic Republic of the Congo was called ____ from 1971-1997. | Zaire | 76%
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| In what year was the modern nation of Israel founded? | 1948. | 72%
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| The 1972 incident referred to as "Bloody Sunday" took place in which nation? | Northern Ireland | 72%
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| The Aswan High Dam, constructed in the 1960s, is located in what country? | Egypt | 69%
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| Only black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon | Arthur Ashe | 55%
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| What parallel divides North and South Korea? | 38th | 41%
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