| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| Which Egyptian pharaoh was the son of Seti I? | Ramesses the Great | 64%
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| What was the main political ideology of that country? | Communism | 45%
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| Which joint-stock company was founded during that queen's reign? | East India Company | 45%
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| Which queen became infected with this disease, leaving her with scars and partial baldness? | Elizabeth I | 45%
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| Which empire did that pharaoh fight against in a large chariot battle, in May 1274 BC? | Hittite Empire | 45%
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| A prince from which German state ruled that nation from 1832 to 1862? | Kingdom of Bavaria | 45%
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| The invention of what material is traditionally attributed to a court official of that dynasty? | Paper | 45%
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| That kingdom became the longest surviving client state of which empire? | Roman Empire | 45%
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| Which disease killed between 60% and 90% of that empire's population? | Smallpox | 45%
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| Which country had the highest number of casualties during that war? | Soviet Union | 45%
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| Which war, starting a few years after the bridge was completed, played a large role in ending that event? | World War II | 45%
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| Which caliphate controlled that city at the time? | Abbasid Caliphate | 36%
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| The next event was held in which city in 1893? | Chicago | 36%
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| Which conqueror defeated that king in 546 BC? | Cyrus the Great | 36%
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| What event was held in that city from 5th May to 31st October 1889? | Exposition Universelle | 36%
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| What catastrophe struck that city twenty-two years before that event? | Great Chicago Fire | 36%
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| That city's most famous bridge was built at the height of which worldwide event? | Great Depression | 36%
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| Which nation, formerly a part of that empire, was recognised as an independent state in February 1830? | Greece | 36%
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| Which Chinese dynasty tried (unsuccessfully) to send the diplomat Gan Ying to that empire in 97 AD? | Han dynasty | 36%
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| Which empire did that country conquer between 1532 and 1572? | Inca Empire | 36%
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| Which empire lay siege to the capital of the caliphate in 1258? | Mongol Empire | 36%
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| At the time, the city was located within an autonomous province of which empire? | Mughal Empire | 36%
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| Which of these three empires was located furthest west? | Ottoman Empire | 36%
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| That composer lived in which European capital between 1859 and 1862? | Paris | 36%
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| Which Central Asian city began producing this material in the 8th century AD? | Samarkand | 36%
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| Which city was devastated by the same type of disaster on 18th April 1906, following an earthquake? | San Francisco | 36%
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| Kings from that royal house ruled which country between 1516 and 1700? | Spain | 36%
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| On which peninsula was the capital of that empire located? | Anatolia | 27%
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| The ruler of that kingdom from 1387 to 1437 also held what title from 1433 to 1437? | Holy Roman Emperor | 27%
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| Members of which royal house held that title from 1440 to 1740? | House of Habsburg | 27%
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| That empire fought which kingdom at the Battle of Mohi? | Kingdom of Hungary | 27%
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| Which kingdom covered most of the western part of that peninsula by the 6th century BC? | Lydia | 27%
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| What did the ruler of that country do on 30th April 2019? | Abdicate | 18%
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| Which city was established by that company in 1690? | Calcutta | 18%
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| Which famously rich king was the final ruler of that kingdom? | Croesus | 18%
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| Which country hosted the event in 1998? | Japan | 18%
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| Which castle was commissioned by the king of that state in 1869? | Neuschwanstein Castle | 18%
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| The operas of which composer were one of the main inspirations for the castle? | Richard Wagner | 18%
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| According to Herodotus, that conqueror died in a battle against the Massagetae. Which group of archaeological cultures did the Massagetae belong to? | Scythian cultures | 18%
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| What event did that country host in 1984? | Winter Olympics | 18%
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| Which country began to be ruled by a government based on this ideology on 29th November 1945? | Yugoslavia | 18%
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| Which kingdom, located in Crimea and the Taman Peninsula, had a population consisting of some of those cultures along with ancient Greeks? | Bosporan Kingdom | 9%
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| That empire was one of three empires referred to as what? | {Gunpowder} Empires | 9%
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