| Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Inventor of Dynamite | (N)obel | 85%
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| ‘Father’ of the Atomic Bomb, | (O)ppenheimer | 70%
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| President of Uganda 1971-1979, claimed to be the ‘conqueror of the British Empire’ | (I)di Amin | 68%
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| Ruthless empire founder whose real name was Temujin | (G)enghis Khan | 65%
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| The mid-nineteenth century belief that White Americans were divinely ordained to settle all of North America | (M)anifest Destiny | 57%
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| British Prime minister during the ‘Suez Crisis’ | (E)den | 37%
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| Place where Elizabeth I gave her speech to the troops before the arrival of the Spanish Armada | (T)ilbury | 18%
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| First name of Captain Oates, one of the explorers on the fatal Terra Nova expedition (not his nickname) | (L)awrence | 17%
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| French metal helmet during the First World War | (A)drian | 15%
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| Chicago theatre where the deadliest theatre fire in US history occurred | (I)roquois | 15%
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| This Soviet telegram was sent in response to the US’s ‘long’ telegram in 1946 | (N)ovikov | 15%
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| FORTIFICATION (TWO WORDS) | Maginot line | 14%
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