| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabethan playwright sometimes called "The Bard" | William Shakespeare | 90%
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| Country that rejected apartheid in 1994 | South Africa | 88%
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| Canal completed in 1869 | Suez | 88%
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| The medieval Japan equivalent to European knights | Samurai | 87%
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| Plato's teacher | Socrates | 84%
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| Militant rival of ancient Athens | Sparta | 79%
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| Cold War superpower | Soviet Union | 78%
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| Term for a person who campaigned for women's right to vote | Suffragist | 77%
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| First human-made satellite | Sputnik 1 | 74%
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| Most important political body of the Roman Republic | Senate | 73%
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| Indian language in which Hindu scriptures were written | Sanskrit | 67%
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| Art movement of Salvador Dalí | {Surreal}ism | 66%
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| Title of the Ottoman ruler | Sultan | 62%
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| City where Mozart was born | Salzburg | 59%
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| History's most famous violin maker | Antonio Stradivari | 51%
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| City founded by Brigham Young | Salt Lake City | 50%
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| All-knowing secret police of East Germany | Stasi | 40%
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| King Edward VIII abdicated to marry her | Wallis Simpson | 35%
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| Dynasty of China from 960–1279 | Song | 33%
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| Guild of cathedral builders | Stonemasons | 30%
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