| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| T | Ship said to be "unsinkable", yet sunk on its maiden voyage | Titanic | 98%
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| E | Queen of England who was entertained by Shakespeare's plays | Elizabeth I | 93%
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| A | Jewish girl who kept a diary during World War Two | Anne Frank | 92%
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| N | River that sustained the Ancient Egyptians | Nile | 92%
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| O | Islamic clan occupying present-day Turkey until 1924 | {Ottoman} Empire | 91%
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| I | Civilization that built Machu Picchu | Inca | 90%
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| S | Massachusetts town where many were accused of witchcraft in 1692 | Salem | 90%
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| O | Drug that ultimately led to two wars in China | Opium | 89%
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| T | The group that seized power over Afghanistan in 1996 | Taliban | 87%
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| E | Tower built in Paris in 1889 of wrought iron | Eiffel Tower | 85%
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| I | Period when human labor largely changed to machine labor | Industrial Revolution | 85%
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| V | Longest reigning British monarch until 2015 | Victoria | 85%
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| N | Emperor of France from 1801-1814, waged wars in much of Europe | Napoleon | 81%
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| D | The first US state | Delaware | 75%
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| N | Roman emperor said to have lit Christians on fire at night to light his garden. | Nero | 75%
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| M | Research project that formed the first nuclear bombs in World War Two | Manhattan Project | 73%
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| G | US military prison located in Cuba | Guantanamo Bay | 72%
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| S | The main governing body of the Roman Republic | Senate | 71%
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| A | Greek philosopher who thought that flies have four legs | Aristotle | 64%
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| F | Social system where the king lent land to the nobles in exchange for military protection | Feudalism | 64%
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| U | Interovernmental organization to promote international cooperation | United Nations | 63%
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| L | French king who reigned for 72 years | Louis XIV | 59%
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| R | Often considered the bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history | Renaissance | 56%
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| Lost time is never found again | 44%
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| E | Invented cure for smallpox in 1793 | Edward Jenner | 30%
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| I | Indian nation that sided with the British in the French and Indian War | {Iroquois} Confederacy | 28%
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