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Answer
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Who started her 63 year reign as Queen of the United Kingdom?
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Queen Victoria
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What European country officially gained independence from the Ottoman Empire?
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Greece
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Who embarked on his famous voyage aboard the HMS Beagle?
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Charles Darwin
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Who published his first novel, "The Pickwick Papers"?
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Charles Dickens
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What was the most "remembered" battle of Texas's revolution against Mexico?
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Battle of the Alamo
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What did Louis Daguerre invent?
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Photography (daguerreotype)
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What drug did China ban, leading to an invasion by the United Kingdom?
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Opium
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What nearby city was connected to Manchester by the world's first inter-city railway?
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Liverpool
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Who became the first President of the Latter Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormons?
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Joseph Smith
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What country gained independence from the Netherlands?
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Belgium
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What Spanish religious tribunal was disbanded 356 years after it began?
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Spanish Inquisition
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Who became king in France following the July Revolution?
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Louis Philippe
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What city, founded in 1833, would grow to become the world's fifth-largest by 1900?
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Chicago
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What was the name of the forced migration of Cherokees, Seminoles, and other Native American tribes from their homelands to Oklahoma?
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Trail of Tears
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Who wrote "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"?
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Victor Hugo
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What pioneer trail was first used by people traveling to the Willamette Valley on the west coast of the United States?
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Oregon Trail
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What was abolished in the British Empire in 1833?
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Slavery
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What country, known as "The Graveyard of Empires", did the British invade?
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Afghanistan
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What sauce did Lea & Perrins manufacture for the first time?
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Worcestershire Sauce
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I would think the coming of photography a rather big thing. Modern times would be the same without it ;) but the leader of some group, somewhere, for a few years. People know.
I might be slightly biased, cause I am interested in inventions. But even if I didnt know it, I think my opinion would be the same. That it is weird how we dont know about the origin of some things that play a big role in our lives, but know some other trivial things in great detail.
Me: One more to go, slam dunk
Me: Oh shoot, food knowledge, I guess I'll give up.
Me: Let me guess some sauces. Alfredo? Marinara? Worchestersh -- oh, it's over