| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Scientist famous for his E=mc² formula | Albert Einstein | 98%
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| Civil rights activist who "had a dream" | Martin Luther King | 97%
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| Known for his three laws of motion | Isaac Newton | 94%
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| Co-founder of Apple Computer | Steve Jobs | 93%
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| His assassination sparked WWI | Franz Ferdinand | 92%
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| Inventor of the practical light bulb | Thomas Edison | 88%
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| Author of "Oliver Twist" | Charles Dickens | 74%
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| Victorious admiral at Trafalgar | Horatio Nelson | 69%
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| Mystery historical figure | J. F. Kennedy | 67%
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| First Russian president | Boris Yeltsin | 62%
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| Joined with England in 1707 | Scotland | 57%
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| Leader of the Warsaw Pact | Soviet Union | 55%
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| Fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian War | Sparta | 53%
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| Was led by the Dalai Lama | Tibet | 52%
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| Mystery former country | Yugoslavia | 50%
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| Londinium | London | 47%
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| Fought the Punic Wars against Rome | Carthage | 46%
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| Province which joined Canada in 1949 | Newfoundland | 45%
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| Leningrad | St. Petersburg | 45%
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| Hitler annexed its Sudetenland region | Czechoslovakia | 44%
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| Edo | Tokyo | 43%
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| "Green Mountain State" of the U.S. | Vermont | 38%
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| Its capital was Dresden | Saxony | 33%
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| Batavia | Jakarta | 32%
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| Smyrna | Izmir | 29%
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| Christiania | Oslo | 28%
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| Mediolanum | Milan | 27%
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| Mystery city | Rangoon | 27%
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| A larger version of a modern-day South American country | Gran Colombia | 27%
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| Ending of WWII | 1945 | 26%
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| The first moon landing | 1969 | 26%
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| U.S. declares independence | 1776 | 25%
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| Columbus "discovers" the New World | 1492 | 24%
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| The Battle of Hastings | 1066 | 23%
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| The Gunpowder Plot | 1605 | 20%
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| Death of Alexander the Great | 323 BC | 20%
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| Final answer | Henry VIII | 19%
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