| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Surname of Cuban Leaders Raul and Fidel | Castro | 96%
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| Russian Empress whose rule marked a Golden Age for Russia | Catherine the Great | 89%
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| Greek Island, birthplace of the Minoan Civilization | Crete | 82%
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| Wonder of the Ancient World, located in Rhodes | Colossus of Rhodes | 72%
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| Former name of Sri Lanka | Ceylon | 64%
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| War in which Florence Nightingale was a nurse | Crimean War | 63%
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| US Army Officer who had his 'Last Stand' at the Battle of Little Bighorn | George Armstrong Custer | 63%
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| First Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity | Constantine the Great | 60%
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| Father of English Poetry, author of The Canterbury Tales | Geoffrey Chaucer | 60%
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| Spanish Conquistador that caused the fall of the Aztecs | Hernan Cortes | 56%
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| Nickname for Roman Emperor Gaius, meaning Little Boots | Caligula | 54%
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| Iberian Kingdom that merged with the Kingdom of Leon | Castille | 47%
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| Country where rulers claimed power by the Mandate of Heaven | China | 46%
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| Only US President to have served two non-consecutive terms | Grover Cleveland | 43%
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| Roman Orator, murdered by the Second Triumvirate | Cicero | 40%
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| Founder of the Achaemenid or Great Persian Empire | Cyrus the Great | 34%
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| Native American war leader that defeated the previous answer | Crazy Horse | 32%
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| Andalusian City in Spain, once the capital of an Islamic Caliphate | Cordoba | 28%
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| Last Communist Leader of Romania | Nicolae Ceausescu | 28%
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| Mayan City on the Yucatan where the Mayans built a famous pyramid | Chichen Itza | 27%
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| Hellenized name of Khufu, who built the Great Pyramid | Cheops | 19%
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| Frankish Empire founded by Charlemagne | Carolingian Empire | 15%
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