| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 3) What Macedonian ruler expanded theGreek empire and is considered one of the greatest military leaders? | Alexander | 91%
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| 17) What teenage French woman famously defendedFrance from an English attack at Orleans? | Joan of Arc | 82%
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| 12) What famous composer was born in Salzburg,Austria in 1756? | Mozart | 82%
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| 6) Where did Napoleon meet his final defeatin 1815? | Waterloo | 82%
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| 14) What Greek/Egyptian pharaoh was famously connected with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony? | Cleopatra | 77%
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| 7) What Carthaginian general famously crossedthe high Alps to surprise the Romans from the north? | Hannibal | 77%
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| 8) For what country did Columbus sail for, despitebeing Genoese? | Spain | 77%
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| 15) What teenage pharaohs tomb laid undiscoveredfor over 3200 years until 1922? | Tutankhamun | 77%
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| 18) What Portuguese navigator is credited withthe first circumnavigation of the globe? | Ferdinand Magellan | 73%
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| 20) Who was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914,jumpstarting WW1? | Franz Ferdinand | 73%
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| 4) What US city was burned by British forcesduring the War of 1812 in retaliation of the attack on York? | Washington DC | 59%
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| 16) What conquistador captured the Aztec capitalof Tenochtitlan in 1521? | Hernan Cortes | 50%
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| 19) Which state is synonymous with Abraham Lincolndue to his long work there as a lawyer? | Illinois | 50%
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| 9) Who set out into the Massachusetts countrysidein 1775, warning of the British invasion, made famous in the Midnight Ride | Paul Revere | 50%
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| 10) In what building was Lincoln shot in on the nightof April 14, 1865? | Fords Theater | 41%
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| 13) What icy river did General Washington cross tosurprise the Hessian force at Trenton? | Delaware | 36%
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| 5) What indigenous woman is said to have ledLewis and Clark on their journey to the Pacific? | Sacagawea | 36%
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| 1) Who defeated Harold Godwinsonat Hastings in 1066, earning the title "Conquerer"? | William I | 36%
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| 2) What famous battle pitted an outnumberedSpartan force against a massive Persian army? | Thermopylae | 32%
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| 11) What famous slogan did Booth yell after theshooting of president Lincoln in the above? | Sic Semper Tyrannis | 18%
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