Question
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Answer
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Who invented the practical light bulb?
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Thomas Edison
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What sound-playing device was invented by the same person?
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Phonograph
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Who wrote "Anna Karenina"?
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Leo Tolstoy
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What period of history in the American South came to an end?
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Reconstruction
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What became the world's first national park?
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Yellowstone
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What city had a massive fire that was blamed on an Irish cow?
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Chicago
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What concert hall, named after Queen Victoria's husband, opened in London?
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Royal Albert Hall
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What city was briefly ruled by a socialist "commune" of the people?
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Paris
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What kingdom, led by Otto von Bismarck, united Germany under its leadership?
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Prussia
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How long did it take Phileas Fogg to travel around the world?
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80 Days
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Who patented the telephone?
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Alexander Graham Bell
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What Jewish-born Prime Minister led the United Kingdom?
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Benjamin Disraeli
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What was patented by Levi Strauss?
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Blue Jeans
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What art movement was exemplified by Claude Monet?
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Impressionism
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Who was the most famous Native American warrior at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
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Crazy Horse or Sitting Bull
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What native kingdom did Britain fight a war against in modern-day South Africa?
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Zulu Kingdom
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What was Susan B. Anthony arrested for doing in 1872?
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Voting
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What Kansas boom town was the ending point for cattle drives?
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Dodge City
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Who did H.M. Stanley presumably find in the Africa wilderness?
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Dr. David Livingstone
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Who was W.S. Gilbert's songwriting partner?
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Arthur Sullivan
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