| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| To what country were 165,000 British convicts transported to? | Australia | 92%
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| In what year did the great depression start? | 1929 | 88%
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| Who was assasinated on the Ides of March? | Julius Caesar | 85%
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| What country was formerly known as Siam? | Thailand | 84%
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| What Russian monk was assasinated on the 30th December 1916? | Grigori Rasputin | 82%
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| Who was the second US president? | John Adams | 80%
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| Against what city did Rome fight the Punic wars? | Carthage | 78%
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| What Greek genius said "Eureka" in the bathtub, as he discovered how to work out the volume of the king's gold crown? | Archimedes | 67%
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| On what island was Nelson Mandela imprisoned? | Robben | 49%
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| Where did the great fire of London start? | Pudding Lane | 34%
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| In 1544, only reigning for 9 days, who was Britains shortest reigning monarch? | Lady Jane Grey | 33%
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| What parliament is claimed to be the oldest in existance? | Iceland | 27%
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| Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii and which other town? | Herculaneum | 22%
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