Statistics for History by Letter - Z

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
King of the Greek gods	Zeus	96%
Airship such as the Hindenburg	Zeppelin	84%
Nation formerly the British colony of Southern Rhodesia	Zimbabwe	82%
Former name of the D.R. Congo	Zaire	81%
South African tribe ruled by Shaka	Zulu	80%
First name of U.S. President Taylor	Zachary	77%
"ism" about a Jewish homeland in the Middle East	Zionism	76%
Island nation that merged with Tanganyika in 1963	Zanzibar	56%
1943 Los Angeles riots between soldiers and Mexican youth	{Zoot} Suit Riots	42%
Persian prophet and namesake of a major religion	Zoroaster	42%
German proposal that Mexico invade the U.S.	{Zimmermann} Telegram	32%
Mesopotamian pyramid with steps	Ziggurat	31%
Chiapas rebels that have warred with Mexico since 1994	Zapatistas	27%
Most-decorated Soviet general of WWII	Georgy Zhukov	25%
Writer who "J'accused" the French of anti-semitism	Émile Zola	23%
Famous video of the JFK assassination	{Zapruder} Film	22%
Lavish Broadway revue of the early 1900's	{Ziegfeld} Follies	21%
Paradox enthusiast of ancient Greece	Zeno	18%
Dutch bay that was dammed and turned into Lake Ijssel	Zuiderzee	10%
Three-letter word for a Gulag inmate	Zek	9%