| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Painter of the Mona Lisa | Leonardo da Vinci | 98%
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| Author of "On the Origin of Species" | Charles Darwin | 92%
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| European era which followed the fall of Rome | The {Dark} Ages | 87%
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| June 6, 1944 in Normandy | D-Day | 86%
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| First U.S. state to ratify the Constitution | Delaware | 82%
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| Surrealist artist who painted melting clocks | Salvador Dali | 79%
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| Reincarnated leader who fled Tibet | Dalai Lama | 72%
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| Author who wrote "Oliver Twist" | Charles Dickens | 71%
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| Term for a Celtic priest | Druid | 67%
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| Middle Eastern capital which is one of the world's oldest cities | Damascus | 63%
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| Alfred Nobel's invention | Dynamite | 61%
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| President of France from 1959–1969 | Charles de Gaulle | 52%
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| He thought, therefore he was | Rene Descartes | 50%
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| Explorer who sailed from Portugal to India | Vasco da Gama | 46%
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| Title of the leader of Venice | Doge | 38%
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| First Englishman to circumnavigate the globe | Francis Drake | 38%
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| Region of western Sudan which became infamous for genocide in the early 21st century | Darfur | 37%
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| "Great" Persian king mentioned in 5 books of the Bible | Darius | 37%
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| Colony that became Indonesia | {Dutch} {East} {Indies} | 36%
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| Conservative British Prime Minister who was born Jewish | Benjamin Disraeli | 34%
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| Muslim shrine on Jerusalem's Temple Mount | {Dome} {of} {the} {Rock} | 24%
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| Legendary founder and first queen of Carthage | Dido | 22%
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