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Brunei, in Southeast Asia, is a wealthy nation due to what natural resource?

  • Petroleum
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Britain annexed Hong Kong as a result of which war?

  • Opium War
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Besides Kent State, where did national guardsmen kill protesters during the Vietnam War?

  • Jackson State
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Besides "Axis Sally", who was another famous propaganda broadcaster for the Nazis?

  • Berlin Betty
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Belgrade is the capital of which traditional region in Europe?

  • Serbia
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Bearbrass was once considered as an alternative name for the capital city today known as what?

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Ayatollah Khomeini called for a fatwa on which author of 1988's "The Satanic Verses"?

  • Salman Rushdie
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Avarua, the capital of the Cook Islands, is located on which South Pacific atoll?

  • Rarotonga
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Authorities in which country released gas into a theater, killing 116 hostages in 2002?

  • Russia
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At which New Zealand beach was the film "The Piano" shot?

  • Kare Kare
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At what time of year did the Celts believe the Sun stood still for 12 days?

  • Winter Solstice
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At the end of his term in 1963, who was Australia's longest serving Prime Minister?

  • Robert Menzies
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At a 1998 conference, what single currency did 12 European nations agree to adopt?

  • Euro
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At 20,320 ft., what is the highest mountain in North America?

  • Mt. McKinley
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At 2,600 miles, what is the 9th longest river in the world?

  • Mekong
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Asuncion is the capital of what country?

  • Paraguay
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As which Russian leader was Vladimir Ulyanov better known?

  • Lenin
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As the 20th century ended, what was the largest metropolitan area in Africa?

  • Cairo, Egypt
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Aristotle tutored which person who would go on to conquer all of the then-known world?

  • Alexander The Great
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Ariel Sharon is from what country?

  • Israel
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Antananarivo is the capital of which large island?

  • Madagascar
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Andorra la Vella is the capital of which country?

  • Andorra
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An archipelago of 169 Pacific islands known as the "Friendly Islands", Tonga has what capital city?

  • Nuk'alofa
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Amman is the capital of which country?

  • Jordan
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Amelia Earhart was the first woman to do what?

  • Fly Solo Across The Atlantic
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Algeria gained independence in 1962 from which European country?

  • France
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Albania is located on which continent?

  • Europe
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Al-Azhar, the oldest University in the Arab world, is located in which country?

  • Egypt
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After Sudan, which Arab country is the largest in Africa?

  • Algeria
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After Lenin assumed control of Russia he quickly signed a treaty with what nation?

  • Germany
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Accra is the capital of which West African country?

  • Ghana
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Acapulco is a city in which Mexican state?

  • Guerrero
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A mass outbreak of what illness was responsible for millions of deaths in 1918?

  • Influenza
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A ganache is a combination of cream and what?

  • Chocolate
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A former U.S.S.R. Republic, Armenia has which city as its capital?

  • Yerevan
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A 1634 Spanish decree called what city "Key to the New World and Rampart of the West Indies"?

  • Havana
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