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| 250 million years ago, most of the Earth's land mass was on one giant continent - ________. | Pangaea | 85%
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| The largest island in the United States is ________. | Hawaii (The Big Island) | 77%
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| People from Moscow are known as _______. | Muscovites | 77%
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| Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin Were All Nominated for the __________. | Nobel Peace Prize | 77%
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| The official name of _______ is Krung Thep Maha Nakhon. | Bangkok | 69%
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| In the 13th century, Pope Gregory IX stated that ______________ were instruments of Satan and ordered that they be exterminated throughout Europe. | Black cats | 69%
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| In the year 1913, Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Tito, and Freud all lived in the city of ______. | Vienna | 69%
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| The only country to have a non-rectangular flag is ______. | Nepal | 62%
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| In the Middle Ages, some people believed that narwhal tusks came from _______. | Unicorns | 62%
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| France's longest land border is with ______. | Brazil | 54%
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| Thanks to its many overseas territories, ____________ has more time zones than any country on Earth. With 12 times zones, it has one more than Russia and the United States, which have 11. | France | 54%
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| The guillotine was invented as a humane way to execute someone. But it wasn't only used during the French Revolution. France used it to execute people until ____. | 1977 | 46%
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| One of history's most successful pirates was a Chinese _________ named Ching Shih. She commanded a fleet of over 1,500 ships and 80,000 sailors. | Prostitute | 46%
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| Iceland became an independent country in ____. | 1944 A.D | 38%
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| About __% of the world's gold was mined in South Africa | 50 | 38%
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| The places in the original version of the board game "Monopoly" were inspired by _______. | Atlantic City, New Jersey | 38%
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| The story of Aladdin is supposed to take place in ______, not the Middle East. | China | 38%
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| When first introduce (in 11th century Italy), ______ alarmed religious leaders who said that using artificial hands was an offense to God. | Forks | 38%
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| ______ is the only U.S. state that produces coffee commercially. | Hawaii | 38%
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| _______ is the U.S. state that is geographically closest to Africa. | Maine | 38%
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| Cleopatra was ______. | Greek | 23%
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| ______ is the largest city in the Philippines | Quezon city | 23%
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| Wojtek was a _____ who served in the Polish army during WWII. Employed to haul ammunition, he was initially given the rank of private but was later promoted to corporal. | Bear | 15%
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| Every U.S. state has increased in population since 1960 with one exception - __________. | West-Virginia | 15%
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| About 10 million slaves were brought from Africa to the New World. The vast majority went to Brazil and the Caribbean. Only about __% ended up in what is now the United States. | 6 | 0%
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