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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who was crowned emperor of France?	Napoleon Bonaparte	94%
What huge tract of land did the U.S. purchase from France?	{Louisiana} Territory	87%
What northern country did Russia annex, keeping it until 1917?	Finland	80%
What British admiral lost his life at that battle?	Horatio Nelson	78%
What modern-day country became a Dutch colony following the dissolution of the Dutch East India company?	Indonesia	75%
What country became independent from France following a slave revolt?	Haiti	74%
What round number did the Earth's population exceed for the first time?	One Billion	69%
What major sea battle did Britain win off the coast of Spain?	Battle of Trafalgar	66%
Who was the President of the U.S. that made that purchase?	Thomas Jefferson	66%
What loose-knit Germanic empire was dissolved after more than 800 years of existence?	Holy Roman Empire	63%
Who did Aaron Burr shoot and kill in a duel?	Alexander Hamilton	61%
What duo explored that purchase, eventually reaching the Pacific Coast?	Lewis and Clark	60%
What were Parisian women legally barred from wearing, after the passage of a law in 1800 that would not be repealed until 2013?	Trousers / Men's Clothes	59%
What dynasty came to power in Vietnam? (Hint: Today it is the most common Vietnamese family name)	Nguyen	58%
What African city did the English capture from the Dutch?	Cape Town	57%
What invention did Robert Fulton debut on the Hudson River?	Steamboat	53%
What three cities on the Barbary Coast of Africa did the U.S. attack in an effort to root out piracy? (Name any of the three)	Tripoli, Algiers, and Tunis	49%
What holiday in honor of a Scottish poet was celebrated for the first time?	{Burns} Night	38%
What drug was synthesized from the poppy, and named after the Greek god of dreams?	Morphine	33%
What asteroid, the largest in the solar system, was discovered in 1801 and initially classified as a planet?	Ceres	23%