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What royal dynasty did Henry VIII belong to?
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Tudor
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What was the tallest human-built structure in the world from roughly 2600 BC until 1092 AD?
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What color of dye, made from sea snails, was used to make the robes of Roman emperors?
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Tyrian purple
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Who famously wrote a diary while hiding in an attic in Amsterdam?
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Anne Frank
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What was the nickname of WWII general Erwin Rommel?
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The Desert Fox
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What was the first European country to colonize South Africa?
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Netherlands
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What material is known to Germans as Baumwolle, or "tree wool", because Europeans of the Middle Ages thought it came from trees?
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Cotton
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What city was founded by conquistador Francisco Pizarro in 1535?
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Lima
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What sport traces its origins to 12th century France, where unlike today, it was played indoors and with the palm of the hand?
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Tennis
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What city, then known as York, did the U.S. sack during the War of 1812?
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Toronto
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What word meaning "prison camp" gets its name from the Soviet bureau in charge of running those camps?
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Gulag
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What family was the subject of the movie "The Sound of Music" ?
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Von Trapp
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What city was, according to legend, founded by Queen Dido in 814 BC?
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Carthage
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Who was the first Communist leader of China?
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Mao Zedong
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What was the name of Blackbeard's pirate flagship?
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Who had no children, a wife named Martha, and more than a hundred slaves who were freed after his death?
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George Washington
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What musical instrument was invented in 1931 that changed popular music forever?
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Electric guitar
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From what country did Panama gain its independence in 1903?
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Colombia
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What was the former name of Ho Chi Minh City?
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Saigon
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What city hosted the Winter Olympics in 1984 but was a war zone just 8 years later?
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Sarajevo
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See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surname#Order_of_names