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What purpose did the Bastille serve before it was stormed on July 14, 1789?

  • Prison
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What process did the ancient Egyptians use to preserve the human body?

  • Mummification
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What prestigious award was established by a Swedish scientist and inventor of dynamite?

  • Nobel Prize
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What physical feature was a trademark of Mikhail Gorbachev, who led the Soviet Union from 1985-91?

  • A Birthmark
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What period began in Italy in 1325 which was known for its contribution to the arts?

  • Renaissance
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What part of the world did the Vikings come from?

  • Scandinavia
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What organization founded in 1949 is represented by the acronym NATO?

  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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What object, which debuted in 1949, is sometimes called a "45"?

  • An LP Single Record
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What Nobel Prize-winning author endorsed Barack Obama for President in early 2008?

  • Toni Morrison
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What new weapon appeared on September 15, 1916?

  • The Tank
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What navy used the ship "Prasae" in the Korean War?

  • Thailand
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What natural occurrence was said to have helped the British navy defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588?

  • A Protestant Wind
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What natural disaster struck the American Midwest in 1930?

  • The Dust Bowl
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What natural disaster occurred on the Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883?

  • Volcano
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What natural disaster is believed to have caused the decline of the culture of Ancient Crete?

  • A Volcanic Eruption
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What nation was divided into two separate states in 1949?

  • Germany
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What name did Jacques Cousteau call his main research vessel?

  • Calypso
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What military leader is quoted as saying "I came, I saw, I conquered"?

  • Julius Caesar
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What Mexican political party was voted out of office in 2000, after 71 years in power?

  • PRI
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What media mogul billionaire made the first transatlantic hot air balloon crossing in 1987?

  • Richard Branson
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What material did DuPont scientists originally call Polymer 6.6 when it was first produced in 1935?

  • Nylon
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What major event took place in the United States on December 7, 1941?

  • Pearl Harbor Bombing
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What long-standing South African policy was discontinued in 1990?

  • Apartheid
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What London landmark did Queen Elizabeth II open up to tourism in 1993?

  • Buckingham Palace
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What killer was known as the "Vampire of Dusseldorf"?

  • Peter Kurten
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What is the term for the objective of not spending more money than is taken in by the government?

  • Balanced Budget
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What is the term for the amount of money a government owes?

  • National Debt
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What is the practice of supplying land with water from another place using canals?

  • Irrigation
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What is the name of the system in which clocks are set ahead an hour every spring?

  • Daylight Savings Time
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What is the name of the Palestinian uprising that began inside Gaza and the West Bank in 1987?

  • Intifada
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What is the name of the Jewish homeland, established in 1948?

  • Israel
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What is the name of the amusement park in Vienna, Austria, containing the largest ferris wheel in Europe?

  • The Prater
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What is the name given to the ancient Sumerian form of writing?

  • Cuneiform
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What is the fastest firing semi-automatic shotgun?

  • Benelli Super 90
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What is the deadly disease that has afflicted European royalty?

  • Hemophilia
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What is the collective name for household deities worshiped by the Romans?

  • Lares
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What is the attempt to overthrow a government by force or at least interrupt its activities called?

  • Sedition
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What is next in this sequence: era, period, ...?

  • Epoch
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What international organization was established at the end of World War I?

  • League Of Nations
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What Indian Prime Minister guided India through its early years of independence after 1947?

  • Jawaharlal Nehru
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What iconic car was produced by Volkswagen beginning in 1945?

  • Beetle
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What historian accompanied Ferdinand Magellan during his voyage to find a route to the Spice Islands?

  • Pigafetta
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What happen in Tiananmen Square in 1989?

  • Mass Demonstrations For Democracy
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What Greek mathematician held off the Romans during the Siege of Syracuse in 212 BC?

  • Archimedes
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What French heroine was burned at the stake in 1431?

  • Joan Of Arc
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What famous WWII battle between the Germans and Allies began on December 16, 1944?

  • Battle Of The Bulge
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What famous slogan first appeared on World War I recruiting posters?

  • I Want You
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What famous patriotic song did Francis Scott Key write in 1814?

  • The Star-Spangled Banner
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What European theme park did French intellectuals hope to keep from opening in the 1990's?

  • Euro Disney
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What English weapon destroyed the French at Agincourt in 1415?

  • The Longbow
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