| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| In what year did Christopher Columbus 'discover' the new world? | 1492 | 96%
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| When did the last WW1 veteran die? (hint: Mayan calendar) | 2012 (end of the Mayan calendar) | 58%
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| what was the first animal ever in space? | Dog | 58%
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| How many children did Queen Victoria have? | 9 | 54%
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| who was the U.S. president during the war of 1812? | James Madison | 54%
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| What King appointed the above? | King George I | 50%
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| what famous founding father did not sign the declaration of independence? | George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison | 46%
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| who wrote the federalist papers? | John Jay, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton | 46%
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| In what year was the last execution by guillotine in France? (within 5 years) | 1977 | 42%
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| who was the last western roman emperor? | Romulus Augustulus | 42%
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| Who was the first UK PM? | Robert Walpole | 38%
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| What important American figure, wrote anonymous letter under the name Silence Dogood? | Benjamin Franklin | 33%
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| how many men signed the declaration of independance? (within 3 signers) | 56 | 17%
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| What U.S. president is often regarded to be an extreme alcoholic? | Franklin Pierce | 17%
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| what Pope castrated all the statues in the Vatican, known as the 'Vatican great castration' | Pope Pius IX | 13%
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| William T. Sherman's plan for land redistribution after the U.S. civil war was called? | 40 acres and a mule | 8%
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| what date in Germany is called Schicksalstag, ‘Day of Fate’. cause of the events that have occurred on that day. In 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated. In 1923, Adolf Hitler’s Nazis attempted the Munich Putsch, and in 1938 they attacked Jews on Kristallnacht. In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell? | 9th November | 8%
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| In what year was the last public hanging in England? (within 5 years) | 1868 | 4%
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| Which English king had an Army made for his dog? | Henry VIII | 4%
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| In what year did this occur? (within 5 years) | 1857 | 0%
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