| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| This band formed in Liverpool in 1964 and broke up 6 years later. | The Beatles | 100%
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| In 1560s, this artist not only painted the Sistine Chapel but also sculpted David | Michelangelo | 97%
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| This Caribbean island was at the center of the US - Soviet nuclear standoff in 1962 | Cuba | 94%
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| In 1962, Dr. No was the first film in this franchise to hit theaters. | James Bond | 88%
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| This future European emperor was born in 1796 on the island of Corsica | Napoleon Bonaparte | 88%
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| In 1664, the English took over a Dutch colony and renamed it New York -- what was it called before? | New Amsterdam | 88%
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| This engineering marvel was completed in 1869 as a way to connect the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea. | The Suez Canal | 88%
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| This book, published by Victor Hugo in 1862 tells the story of an ex-convict and his quest for redemption during a chaotic period of history. | Les Misérables | 67%
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| John Milton released this epic poem on the fall of man in 1667 after Milton lost his sight. | Paradise Lost | 58%
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| In 1863, US president Abraham Lincoln issued this document, declaring slaves in the Confederate states to be free | Emancipation Proclamation | 52%
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