| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What city was divided by a wall from 1961 to 1989? | Berlin | 91%
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| What prison was stormed in Paris on July 14th, 1789? | Bastille | 89%
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| What country did Iceland become independent from in 1944? | Denmark | 82%
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| What central European country hasn't been invaded for over 200 years? | Switzerland | 80%
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| Who was known as the "Lord Protector" of England during the Commonwealth years? | Oliver Cromwell | 74%
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| What English king was known as the Lionheart? | Richard I | 72%
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| The War of the Roses pitted the house of York against what other royal house? | House of Lancaster | 69%
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| What ethnic group was genocided by the Ottoman Empire during World War I? | Armenians | 68%
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| What dynasty ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917? | House of Romanov | 65%
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| What city was the capital of France from 1940 to 1944? | Vichy | 64%
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| Who was the first European to reach India? | Vasco da Gama | 59%
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| What Basque town bombed during the Spanish Civil War was the subject of a famous Picasso painting? | Guernica | 53%
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| What is the most recent country to join the European Union? | Croatia | 44%
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| Who was the last Catholic king of England? | James II | 37%
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| What was the last Muslim kingdom on the Iberian peninsula? | Emirate of Granada | 28%
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