| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 2) Ancient Greek poet who wrote theworks of Iliad and Odyssey | Homer | 98%
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| 13) Japanese city bombed by the US on Aug 6, 1945 | Hiroshima | 97%
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| 15) Systematic genocide of European Jews by Naziforces during WW2 | Holocaust | 96%
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| 1) Carthage general who crossedthe Alps to surprise the Roman army | Hannibal | 94%
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| 23) The oldest Ivy League university in the US | Harvard | 93%
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| 24) Famous magician who performed death defying stunts during theearly 1900s | Harry Houdini | 91%
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| 6) Roman emperor who build a fortified wallin the north of present day England | Hadrian | 90%
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| 21) English Tudor king who famously had six different wives in his lifetime | Henry VIII | 89%
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| 18) Japanese emperor during WW2 who aligned with the Axis powers | Hirohito | 88%
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| 14) Series of long wars between France and England from 1337-1453 | Hundred Years War | 87%
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| 9) The 31st US president who served from1929-33 during the Depression | Hoover | 86%
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| 25) Legendary son of Zeus known for his strength and intensity | Hercules | 85%
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| 7) Massive telescope launched into lowEarth orbit in 1990, named for the astronomer | Hubble | 83%
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| 10) This state was formerly a monarchy beforestatehood in 1959 | Hawaii | 82%
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| 4) Massive grand mosque in Istanbul builtbetween 532-537 AD | Hagia Sophia | 78%
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| 22) Lethal Judea king who attempted to rid the world of Jesus, accordingto the Bible | Herod | 74%
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| 5) English explorer who sailed much of NAmerica and Canada | Henry Hudson | 65%
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| 19) Ancient Babylonian emperor who created the code of absolutelaw | Hammurabi | 61%
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| 3) Ancient Greek stronghold on Crete,now its capital | Heraklion | 59%
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| 8) Section of Congress that proposes and voteon laws | House of Representatives | 59%
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| 11) Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec empire in 1519 | Hernan Cortes | 58%
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| 12) Period of artistic and cultural enlightenmentduring the 1920s New York | Harlem Renaissance | 29%
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| 20) Brother of Carthaginian general Hannibal, this man was left to rulethe captured Spain | Hasdrubal | 13%
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| 17) Group of foreign nomads who invaded ancient Egypt duringthe 13th dynasty of the Middle Kingdom | Hyksos | 10%
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| 16) Protest of steel workers against the Carnegie Companyin 1892 Pennsylvania | Homestead Strike | 4%
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