| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Who led fascist Italy during the Second World War | Mussolini | 65%
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| Famously know as the emperor who "fiddled while Rome burned" | Nero | 53%
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| Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born | Corsica | 41%
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| Name of the government in control of occupied France during WW2 | Vichy | 37%
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| Smallest country in the Pacific | Nauru | 29%
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| Famous escapologist Harry Houdini was born in this city | Budapest | 26%
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| Only Ancient Wonder to remain largely intact | Great Pyramid of Giza | 15%
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| Richest country in the world | Luxembourg | 15%
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| In Greek mythology, this woman was visited by Zeus in the form of a swan | Leda | 14%
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| Archduke Franz Ferdinand's killer | Gavrilo Princip | 9%
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| Byzantine Emperor at time of the construction of the Hagia Sophia | Justinian | 9%
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| This was Helen of Troy's Greek husband, the King of Laconia | Menelaus | 9%
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| Macedonian general and founder of an Egyptian dynasty | Ptolemy | 8%
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| The region in which Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand are found is also called this | Mekong | 6%
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| Wife of above, powerful empress and former prostitute | Theodora | 4%
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| Built for this Egyptian pharaoh | Khufu | 3%
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| Traditionally regarded as the inventor of paper | Cai Lun | 2%
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| Widely refered to as the "Father of History" | Herodatus | 2%
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