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Odd One Out - History

For each category, name the option that doesn't fit.
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1. Axis leaders in World War II
Though he ideologically supported the Axis, Spain (under Franco) remained neutral during the entirety of the Second World War.
Benito Mussolini
Hirohito
Adolf Hitler
Francisco Franco
2. Battles lost by France during the Napoleonic Wars
Austerlitz was won convincingly by Napoleon - so much so that it was a direct cause for the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806.
Leipzig
Trafalgar
Austerlitz
Waterloo
3. Founding Fathers of the United States
Johnson served as U.S. President from 1865 to 1869 - after Lincoln was assassinated.
James Madison
Andrew Johnson
John Jay
Alexander Hamilton
4. African Dictators of the 20th century
Duvalier (nicknamed "Papa Doc") was the ruler of Haiti between 1957 and 1971.
Mobutu Sese Seko
Teodoro Obiang
Idi Amin
François Duvalier
5. Members of the Holy Roman Empire
Hungary was never part of the HRE - they only united with Austria (a famous HRE member) in 1867, after the Empire's dissolution.
Hungary
Bohemia
Geneva
Flanders
6. Mesoamerican Civilizations
The Guaraní are a group of culturally related indigenous peoples (not a civilization) originating from present-day Paraguay.
Zapotec
Maya
Guaraní
Olmec
7. Countries formerly of French Indochina
Thailand was never part of French Indochina - it was actually never directly ruled by any European power.
Vietnam
Thailand
Cambodia
Laos
8. Roman Emperors
Though he might have shown the qualities of an Emperor, Julius Caesar never claimed the title of Emperor.
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Claudius
Caligula
9. Democratic Party Presidents
Dwight D. Eisenhower ran in 1952 and 1956 as a Republican.
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
10. Chinese dynasties
Xi'an was the capital of many dynasties (incluiding the Han), but never the name for a dynasty itself.
Qing
Xian
Ming
Han
11. Pacific Territories formerly owned by the British
Even though they have the Union Jack on their flag, Hawaii was never directly owned nor controlled by the British.
Fiji
Pitcairn Islands
Solomon Islands
Hawaii
12. Ancient Greek philosophers
Sophocles was an Ancient Greek tragedian, not a philosopher.
Thales
Zeno of Elea
Sophocles
Socrates
13. South American Libertadores
Though a contemporary to the Libertadores, López de Santa Anna initially opposed independence for Mexico (his home country), and is better known for ruling his nation during the Mexican-American War.
Pedro I of Brazil
Simón Bolivar
José de San Martín
Antonio López de Santa Anna
14. Scientific Revolution thinkers
Lord Kelvin (born William Thomson) was a very important 19th century scientist, but the Scientific Revolution only lasted between the 16th and 17th centuries.
Andreas Vesalius
Lord Kelvin
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
15. Kings of the United Monarchy (of Israel and Judeah)
Isaac is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites - but he never ruled any kingdom.
David
Solomon
Isaac
Saul
16. Italian Renaissance Artists
Dante was a famous writer of the late 13th and early 14th century - over 100 years before the start of the Renaissance.
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Dante Alighieri
Sandro Botticelli
17. "Great" Rulers
Charles II of Spain was actually known as "El Hechizado" (The Bewitched) due to his physical disabilities. Honestly, not that Great.
Cyrus II of Persia
Charles II of Spain
Frederick II of Prussia
Peter I of Russia
18. Mesopotamian Civilizations
Though the Hittites controlled a portion of Upper Mesopotamia for some time, they were based in Anatolia, not Mesopotamia.
Sumerians
Assyrians
Babylonians
Hittites
19. Non-Aligned Movement founders
Indonesia was a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement, but it joined in 1961 - under the rule of Sukarno (Suharto began his tenure in 1967).
Jawaharlal Nehru
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suharto
Josip Broz Tito
20. French Enlightenment thinkers
Comte was a 19th century philosopher and a predecessor to modern sociology, but was not part of the French Enlightenment Era - which ended after the French Revolution.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Denis Diderot
Montesquieu
Auguste Comte
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