| Description | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Former President of Zimbabwe whose socialist policies caused hyperinflation | Robert Mugabe | 68%
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| Leader of the Zulu kingdom that increased their military capabilities | Shaka Zulu | 57%
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| President of Egypt who succeeded Sadat after his assassination | Hosni Mubarak | 54%
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| Frecnh philosopher on existentialism who wrote "Nausea" and "The Age of Reason" | Jean-Paul Sartre | 50%
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| French naturalist who wrote "Germinal" and "Nana" | Emile Zola | 43%
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| The mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor | Isoroku Yamamoto | 36%
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| Most prominent figure of the Haitian Revolution | Toussaint Louverture | 32%
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| Series of public execution in the French revolution | Reign of Terror | 29%
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| First Marxist to be elected in Latin America, was elected in Chile | Salvador Allende | 21%
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| Leader of Iran that expanded the empire to its largest | Nader Shah | 18%
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| Leader of an uprising in Peru against the Spanish | Tupac Amaru II | 14%
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| Independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule | Bernardo O'Higgins | 11%
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| President of Brazil who turned into a dictator | Getulio Vargas | 11%
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| Known as the scientific theorist of the Enlightenment | Denis Diderot | 7%
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| French philosopher who wrote "The Crimes of Love" and other sexual works | Marquis de Sade | 7%
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| French playright who wrote about women rights and abolition | Olympe de Gouges | 7%
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| President of Mexico and general who ruled for 31 years | Porfirio Diaz | 7%
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| Political thinker known for his work "Democracy in America" | Alexis de Tocqueville | 4%
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| President of Costa Rica who received a Nobel Peace Prize | Oscar Arias | 4%
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| Wars between the settlers of South Africa and the natives (includes Boer Wars) | Xhosa Wars | 4%
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