| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| The Great Pyramid of Giza was built as a tomb for which Pharaoh? | Khufu | 100%
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| Which of these women was nicknamed 'Bloody Mary'? | Mary Tudor | 100%
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| What were Ziggurats? | Pyramidal Mesopotamian temples | 100%
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| Which poet wrote 'To a Mouse'? | Robert Burns | 100%
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| Which was discovered first? | São Tomé and Príncipe | 100%
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| What was unusual about the Chinese emperor Wu Zetian? | She was a woman | 100%
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| Why were dangerous 'radium clocks' so popular in the 1920s? | They glowed in the dark | 100%
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| What did Edwardian ladies use Deadly Nightshade extracts for? | To make their pupils dilate | 100%
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| What was Couto Mixto? | A tiny state between Spain and Portugal | 50%
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| How did King Henry II of England die? | Food poisoning from eating lampreys | 50%
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| What was interesting about the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest? | Four countries were tied for first place | 50%
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| Which fictional character did Wilbert Awdry create? | Thomas the Tank Engine | 50%
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| Who had the largest funeral attendance of all time? | Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai | 0%
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| When Samoa became independent in 1962, what title did the head of state take? | O le Ao o le Malo | 0%
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| What is Robert Recorde famous for inventing? | The equals sign | 0%
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