| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation of Jesus' father | Carpenter | 65%
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| Solver of the Gordian Knot | Alexander the Great | 53%
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| Another name for Uluru | Ayers Rock | 45%
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| Name of an Egyptian city or Las Vegas hotel | Luxor | 44%
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| Won independence from Ottoman Empire, 1830 | Greece | 40%
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| Mansa Musa's kingdom | Mali | 38%
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| Killed in an Cholame car crash, 1955 | James Dean | 35%
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| Hung Jesus on the cross | Pontius Pilate | 35%
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| Coined the term "military-industrial complex" | Dwight Eisenhower | 25%
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| English king during the English Peasants' Revolt | Richard II | 25%
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| Henry VIII's fifth wife | Catherine Howard | 24%
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| British political scandal that involved osteopath Steven Ward | Profumo affair | 18%
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| King whose death sparked the War of the Spanish Succession | Charles II | 16%
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| Henry VIII's court painter | Hans Holbein | 16%
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| Kentish peasant of the English Peasants' Revolt | Wat Tyler | 16%
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| Type of ship of the above | Cruiser | 15%
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| Scuttled in Montevideo harbor, 1939 | Admiral Graf Spee | 13%
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| Standard issue German rifle during World War Two | Karabiner 98 kurz | 13%
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| "Battle of the Nations" took place here, 1813 | Leipzig | 13%
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| Contrary to popular belief, this city's naval guns weren't pointing the wrong way | Singapore | 11%
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| Introductory year of the first automatic transmission | 1940 | 9%
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| Operation to evacuate Dunkirk, 1940 | Dynamo | 9%
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| The Holy League's victorious naval battle against the Ottoman Empire | Lepanto | 9%
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| Recipient of the phrase "We only have to be lucky once. You will have to be lucky always." | Margaret Thatcher | 7%
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| Priestly leader of the English Peasants' Revolt | John Ball | 4%
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| Founder of Lollardism | John Wycliffe | 4%
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| Only assassinated British PM | Spencer Perceval | 4%
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| Spanish colonization system used in South America | Encomienda | 2%
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| Dynasty of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor | Hohenstaufen | 2%
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| Founder of the Ayyubid dynasty | Saladin | 2%
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| Venetian Doge from 1455 to 1538 | Andrea Gritti | 0%
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| Location of Prince Charles' investiture, 1969 | Caernarfon Castle | 0%
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| Hometown of the above person | Colchester | 0%
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| Successor to Ivan IV Rurikovich | Fyodor I | 0%
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| Founder of the Knights Templar | Hugh of Payns | 0%
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| Hutu president during the Rwandan genocide | Juvénal Habyarimana | 0%
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| Riot let by Paul Bogle in Jamaica, 1865 | Morant Bay Rebellion | 0%
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| Hung the lanterns in the Old North Church | Robert Newman | 0%
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| Lower house of the Polish parliament | Sejm | 0%
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