| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Which of Beethoven's Symphonies is known as the "Ode to Joy" (Just a number for the answer). | 9 | 94%
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| What year did humans land on the moon for the first time. | 1969 | 88%
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| Harold Godwinson, the last Ango-Saxon king of England, was killed at what battle? | Battle of Hastings | 88%
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| This Admiral was fatally wounded at The Battle of Trafalgar during the Napoleonic Wars. | Horatio Nelson | 88%
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| This family was the ruling family of Russia leading up to the 1917 Russian Revolution. | Romanov | 88%
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| Margrethe II recently announced she'd step down as the queen of which country? | Denmark | 81%
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| The Hutu's and the Tutsi's were opposite factions in what countries civil war? | Rwanda | 81%
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| This scientist discovered penicillin. | Alexander Fleming | 75%
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| This was the first U.S. president to visit China while in office. | Richard Nixon | 75%
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| Toussaint L'Ouverture led a revolution in this country. | Haiti | 69%
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| This English explorer sought to find the northwest passage, and is the namesake of a large bay in northeast canada. | Henry Hudson | 69%
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| This person was the 5th governor of Roman Judea, and according to biblical sources condemned Jesus to death. | Pontius Pilate | 69%
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| This person was the first European to reach India by the sea | Vasco De Gama | 69%
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| This woman is recognized as one of the founders of computing, thanks to her improvements of Charles Babbage's analytical machine. | Ada Lovelace | 56%
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| Pepin the short was the father of this future king and emperor. | Charlemagne | 56%
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| Sukarno is considered the founding father of this country. | Indonesia | 56%
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| The 400, a group created by Lady Astor, was supposedly a definitive list of this city's "upper class" members. | New York | 56%
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| This group defeated the British at the Battle of Isandlwana, representing the worst ever defeat the British suffered at the hands of an indigenous force. | Zulu | 56%
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| Rome's main adversary during the Punic Wars was this city-state. | Carthage | 50%
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| This friar is recognized as the founder of the field of genetics. | Gregor Mendel | 50%
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| This constitutional amendment changed the dates of the President and Vice-Presidents terms from March 4th to January 20th. (Just a number for the answer) | 20 | 44%
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| The Teapot Dome scandal took place during this U.S. President's administration. | Warren Harding | 44%
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| Cinco de Mayo is celebrated as a remembrance of Mexican forces victory over this empire. | France | 38%
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| This scientist is credited for discovering the cure for Polio. | Jonas Salk | 38%
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| NAFTA is an acronym for what? | North American Free Trade Agreement | 38%
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| Who was the Union commanding general at the battle of Gettysburg? | George Meade | 31%
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| Who served as the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States? | John Jay | 19%
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| Who served as the first president of South Korea during the Korean War. | Syngman Rhee | 13%
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| "Sinners in the hands of an angry God" was a sermon given during this period of U.S. History. | The Great Awakening | 13%
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| This ecumenical council was held between 1545 and 1563 as a response to the Protestant Reformation. | Council of Trent | 6%
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