| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The first gasoline/petrol-powered tractor was invented before the first petrol-powered lorry (truck). | True | 93%
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| Russia was the most populous state in Europe in 1600. | False | 86%
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| Rice was used in the construction of the Great Wall of China. | True | 86%
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| The Battle of Hastings occurred before humans had travelled to New Zealand. | True | 79%
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| The first electric lap steel guitar was nicknamed the "Frying Pan". | True | 79%
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| The Black Death was the first known pandemic caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. | False | 71%
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| Dutch independence was one of the outcomes of the Thirty Years War. | True | 71%
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| The Cambodian genocide had a higher death toll than the Rwandan genocide. | True | 71%
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| The figures for China's military and civilian deaths of World War II are roughly equal. | False | 64%
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| Imhotep was the architect behind the first Egyptian pyramid. | True | 57%
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| The Diquis culture of what is now Costa Rica built large, perfectly-carved stone spheres. | True | 50%
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| Jan van Eyck and Rembrandt both had the same tutor. | False | 43%
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| The Roman Empire was, by area, the largest empire the world had ever seen at the time. | False | 43%
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| Memphis was the largest city in the world in the year 3000 BC. | False | 43%
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| The largest Roman temple existed in what is now Turkey. | False | 29%
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