| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Who was the UK Prime Minister during World War II? | Winston Churchill | 95%
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| Which Italian leader largely helped Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in World War II? | Benito Mussolini | 94%
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| Which pandemic disease (originating from rats) reduced the world population DRASTICALLY? | Bubonic plague | 94%
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| What major religion did Muhammad found? | Islam | 94%
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| What empire controlled Turkey before it became the country of Turkey? | Ottoman Empire | 91%
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| What was the surname of Napoleon (from the French Revolution)? | Bonaparte | 90%
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| Which Roman dictator was murdered on the Ides of March? | Julius Caesar | 87%
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| World War I began with the assassination of the archduke (and his wife) of which country? | Austria-Hungary | 83%
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| Where were the Great Pyramids built? | Giza | 83%
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| Which astronomer confirmed the theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun - and was imprisoned by the Catholic Church for it? | Galileo Galilei | 82%
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| What ruthless group invaded much of Asia and Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries? | The Mongols | 82%
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| Name one of the rivers that civilization was centered around. | Tigris | Euphrates | 80%
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| Which explorer led the first expedition around the world? | Ferdinand Magellan | 60%
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| And what empire controlled Turkey BEFORE the empire above? | Byzantine Empire | 55%
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| What famous speech did Abraham Lincoln deliver in 1863? | Gettysburg Address | 54%
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| What was the first major civilization? | Mesopotamia | 53%
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| In Greek mythology, who was the god of wine? | Dionysus | 47%
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| What does USSR stand for? | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 46%
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