| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Former superpower and birthplace of first man to orbit the Earth, Yuri Gargarin. | Soviet Union | 99%
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| This empire's army, led by Sultan Mehmed II, defeated the Byzantines in 1453. | Ottoman Empire | 90%
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| This country declared war on the Kingdom of Serbia in 1914 following the assassination of an Archduke. | Austria-Hungary | 89%
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| This peninsular nation was colonized by the Japanese Empire before being split along the 38th parallel. | Korea | 87%
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| Nazi Germany annexed the Sudetenland from this country in the build up to World War 2. | Czechoslovakia | 84%
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| Situated on the world's highest plateau, this country was ruled by a now exiled spiritual leader until its annexation in 1951. | Tibet | 82%
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| This Pacific kingdom was annexed by the USA in 1898. | Hawaii | 77%
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| Birthplace of the Non-Aligned movement during the Cold War. | Yugoslavia | 66%
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| One party totalitarian dictatorship, run by Mobutu Sese Seko, in Central Africa | Zaire | 64%
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| Politically united with its southern neighbour in 1707 - this was nearly undone in 2014. | Scotland | 46%
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| This territory ceased to exist after a deal was struck between Pius XI and Mussolini. | Papal States | 38%
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| Site of the first European settlement in the Americas. | Newfoundland | 28%
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