| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What does Frederick I Barbarossa's cognomen mean? | red beard | 52%
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| What unsatisfactory product did Ea Nasir from the city of Ur sell? | copper | 48%
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| Which civilization first developed writing? | Sumer | 48%
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| What is the only type of ship that HMS Dreadnought ever sank? | submarine | 39%
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| Which Aztec deity is depicted as a feathered serpent? | quetzalcoatl | 33%
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| Which Roman emperor might have been transgender? | elagabalus | 30%
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| What is the ancient Greek word for "king" | Basileus | 27%
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| Who succeeded Yuri Andropov as secretary general of the USSR? | chernenko | 27%
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| Which 17th century Swedish warship sank upon leaving port for the first time? | Vasa | 24%
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| In 1184, what did around 60 noblemen in Erfurt 1184 suffocate in? | excrement | 15%
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| Who is the Egyptian goddess of the sky/ the heavens? | nut | 15%
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| Which theoreticized nuclear weapon mainly kills from radiation but only cause minimal physical damage | neutron bomb | 9%
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| Who was the leader of the Hitler Youth? | von Schirach | 6%
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| Who was the last man on the moon (so far)? | Cernan | 3%
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| Of which contemporary leader did Hitler keep a bust in his office? | atatürk | 0%
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