| Questions | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 5) This notorious French emperor met his defeat at Waterloo andwas exiled to St Helena, Napoleon ________ | Bonaparte | 95%
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| 15) This historic capital is home to the Red Sox, "Pahhking the caaar", Faneuil Hall, and Quincy Market | Boston | 95%
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| 2) This Englishman, known as Edward Teach, became one of the most feared pirates of the coastal Atlantic in the late 1600s-1700s | Blackbeard | 93%
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| 6) First name of Italian Fascist dictator Mussolini | Benito | 92%
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| 23) Massive wall constructed in Germanys capital to separate the controlled eastfrom the free west | Berlin Wall | 92%
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| 4) The Awakened One, AKA Siddhartha Gautama, was the founderof this major religion | Buddhism | 92%
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| 9) Protest by the American colonists resulting in the dumping of teacaskets into the harbor in rejection to the British tax | Boston Tea Party | 91%
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| 8) Queens' most successful song, written in 1975 | Bohemian Rhapsody | 88%
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| 13) the 3rd phase of historical development in which more metallic materials wereused to construct, from around 3300 BC- 1200 BC, after the Stone Age | Bronze Age | 88%
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| 16) Also known as the "lightning war", this term was a swift German attack to suppress close enemies | Blitzkrieg | 81%
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| 3) This major power was referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire,its capital was at Constantinople | Byzantine | 80%
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| 12) Under British rule, this capital was named Peking | Beijing | 79%
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| 1) This disease spread rampant across Europe in the mid1300s, causing the death of over 1/3 of the population | Bubonic Plague | 77%
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| 14) This Serbian city was the capital of Yugoslavia until its collapse | Belgrade | 76%
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| 7) This ancient Mesopotamian city sat on the lower Euphrates riverbasin near modern day Baghdad | Babylon | 72%
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| 20) Legendary frontiersman and cowboy William F. Cody went by thisnickname for bison hunting | Buffalo Bill | 69%
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| 21) Style of architecture and ornate, elaborate art/music period of Europe fromaround 1600-1750 | Baroque | 64%
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| 22) Traditional sour soup served hot or cold made with beet root, originatingin Ukraine | Borscht | 64%
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| 25) WIld west outlaw, legend claims he killed 21 people before he turned 21, he waskilled in New Mexico in a gunfight | Billy the Kid | 55%
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| 19) Famous Mormon leader who led his followers to Utah and established Salt Lake City as his religious capital | Brigham Young | 49%
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| 11) Traditionally the highest caste ranking of the 4 varnas of Hinduism | Brahmin | 31%
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| 10) Skirmish between the British and American colonists resulting in thedeath of 5 people in the middle of Boston | Boston Massacre | 28%
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| 24) Secret military society formed pre WW1 by Serbian officers, the assassin ofArchduke Ferdinand was a member | Black Hand | 24%
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| 17) The armed uprising of Virginia indentured servants from 1676-77, in rejection ofthe Governors choice not to drive natives out of the colony | Bacons Rebellion | 7%
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| 18) Province of the Persian empire in modern day Afghanistan/Uzbekistan, whosemperor Bessus led the resistance of Alexander the Greats army | Bactria | 4%
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