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Question	Answer	% Correct
Gettysburg is the most notorious and bloody battles in what war?	American Civil War	100%
In 1803 the Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory by the United States from which country?	France	100%
Who is considered the Father of Communism?	Karl Marx	100%
What African country was founded by freed American slaves in 1821?	Liberia	100%
Which writer highlighted the horrors of 19th century Child labor in his novel "Oliver Twist"?	Charles Dickens	95%
In 1869, who published "War and Peace"?	Leo Tolstoy	95%
What was the name of the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the USA from 1804 to 1806?	Lewis & Clark Expedition	95%
What crop failed in the 1840s, causing the Great Irish Famine?	potatoes	95%
Napoleon's invasion of what country turned out to be his downfall?	Russia	95%
In what state did the Battle of Alamo take place in 1836?	Texas	95%
Widely held to be the first in the world, which national park was established in the United States in 1872?	Yellowstone	95%
When Mount Tambora erupted in 1815 it became the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people. In which country that happened?	Indonesia	91%
In 1813, which author published "Pride and Prejudice"?	Jane Austen	91%
Who published "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in 1865?	Lewis Carroll	91%
In 1804, in the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon defeated Russian and what other army?	Austrian	86%
The Springtime of the Peoples were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe in what year?	1848	82%
The first modern Olympic Games were held in which decade?	1890s	82%
Who invented the light bulb in 1883?	Thomas Edison	82%
Which composer performed his "Moonlight Sonata" for the first time in 1801?	Ludwig van Beethoven	77%
Which author published "Frankenstein" in 1815?	Mary Shelley	77%
Which famous canal was opened up in 1869?	Suez canal	77%
Who was the first president of the United States who was assassinated?	Abraham Lincoln	73%
Cro-Magnons were the first early modern humans to settle in Europe. Where were their remains found in 1868?	France	73%
Who was the U.S. commander that lost the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876?	George Armstrong Custer	73%
In what town did the gunfight at the O.K. corral take place in 1881?	Tombstone	73%
"Starry Night" is probably the most famous painting of which artist?	Vincent van Gogh	73%
Who published his first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet" in 1887?	Arthur Conan Doyle	68%
The opera "Carmen" was premiered in Paris in 1875. Who is its composer?	George Bizet	64%
Which King of Bavaria built the famous Neuschwanstein Castle in 1886?	King Ludwig II	64%
Which teams played the first recognised international soccer match in 1872?	England vs Scotland	59%
What 19th century leader, nicknamed "The Liberator", campaigned for Catholic rights and Irish independence?	Daniel O'Connell	55%