| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What country was formerly known as Persia? | Iran | 88%
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| Who was the Iliad written by? | Homer | 77%
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| Literature | 75%
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| Peace | 75%
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| A caliph is a religions figure in which major world religion? | Islam | 69%
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| Physics | 65%
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| Which element has the chemical symbol Ti? | Titanium | 65%
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| Nobel Prizes are given out in these categories. | Chemistry | 60%
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| Where is Hadrian's Wall located? | England | 60%
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| Steven Spielberg movie that was the highest-grossing film worldwide in the 1980s. | E.T. | 60%
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| The ruins of Carthage are in which North African country? | Tunisia | 60%
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| Before 1971 Bangladesh was known as what? | East Pakistan | 50%
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| Medicine | 46%
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| The phrase Hakuna Matata comes from which language? | Swahili | 46%
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| Name the last English king to have died in battle. | Richard III | 44%
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| The Rohinga are a persecuted Muslim minority in which country? | Myanmar | 38%
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| The American War of Independence began in this year. | 1775 | 31%
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| The charity Lumos was founded by which British author? | J.K. Rowling | 29%
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| Site of a cult's mass suicide by Kool-Aid in 1978. | Jonestown | 27%
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| The Holy Roman Empire fell in which year? | 1806 | 2%
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