| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What American president was in power during the Iraq War of 2003? | Bush | 94%
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| What canal was nationalized in 1956 by Nasser? | Suez Canal | 88%
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| What was the first country to gain independence from the British Empire? | United States | 79%
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| What battle was fought in 1066? | Hastings | 75%
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| Which country invaded Kuwait in 1990? | Iraq | 67%
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| What country did Russia invade in 2014? | Ukraine | 67%
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| What empire was formally abolished in 1922? | Ottoman | 65%
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| Which country ended it's Civil War in 1949? | China | 63%
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| To which island was Napoleon exiled to in 1814? | Elba | 63%
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| What country did Japan go to war with in 1904-5? | Russia | 56%
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| Who was killed by the Bolivian military in 1967? | Che Guevara | 50%
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| What laws legalised segregation in the United States? | Jim Crow | 50%
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| Who was the 7th president of the United States? | Andrew Jackson | 48%
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| Which 39 states became a country in 1871? | Germany | 48%
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| Who was executed in January 1793? | Louis XVI | 40%
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| Who was the post-WW2 prime minister of the UK? | Clement Attlee | 23%
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| Who was the foreign secretary of the USSR during WW2? | Molotov | 17%
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| What was the name of the radical left-wing party which introduced the Reign of Terror? | Jacobin | 10%
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| Who released the 'Long Telegram' of 1946 | Kennan | 10%
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| Who was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress? | Shirley Chisholm | 6%
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