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

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