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The Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople in what year?

  • 1453
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The "Luftwaffe" was the name given to the air force of which country during World War II?

  • Germany
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The Light Brigade made their famous charge during which war?

  • The Crimean War
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The infamous War of the Roses was mainly between which two English counties?

  • Lancashire And Yorkshire
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The Huguenots in France had their rights taken away by the revocation of what document?

  • Edict Of Nantes
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The first non-axis jet plane to see combat was?

  • Gloster Meteor
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The faces of what figures are featured on Mount Rushmore, which was completed in 1941?

  • Presidents
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The country Columbia was named for what famous explorer?

  • Christopher Columbus
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The "Big Bang" theory, whose name was coined in 1950, has to do with the creation of what?

  • Universe
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The beautiful Nefertiti was the wife of what Pharaoh?

  • Akhenaten
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The "Baker Rifle" was developed and used during which military action?

  • The Napoleonic Wars
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The Australian federation was formed on what date?

  • January 1st, 1901
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The assassination of which heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne precipitated World War I?

  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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The AMRAAM missile was designed to replace what other missile?

  • Sparrow
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The acronym NAFTA stand for North American what?

  • Free Trade Agreement
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The acronym "EU", when referring to a group of European nations, stands for what?

  • European Union
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The 1979 Soviet invasion of what nearby nation caused an international uproar?

  • Afghanistan
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Saddam Hussein was the President of which country?

  • Iraq
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Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson are considered the first to reach what landmark in 1909?

  • North Pole
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Refugees on which ship were refused entry to both Cuba and the U.S. in 1939?

  • St. Louis
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Queen Alexandra's father and brother were kings of what country?

  • Denmark
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Princes Harry and William are members of what country's royal family?

  • The United Kingdom
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President Jimmy Carter was a member of what branch of the U.S. military?

  • U.S. Navy
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Petrarch is known as the father of what school of thought?

  • Humanism
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Peleus and Thetis were the parents of what famed warrior?

  • Achilles
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Pablo Picasso painted a famous picture depicting which bombed city?

  • Guernica
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On which date was William I crowned?

  • December 25, 1066
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On which date was Richard III killed in battle?

  • August 22, 1485
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On what Japanese cities did the U.S. drop atomic bombs in 1945?

  • Hiroshima And Nagasaki
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On what day in 1914 did World War I begin?

  • August 4
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On what date did the Australian colonies federate to form the Commonwealth of Australia?

  • 1 January, 1901
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On October 11, 1999 the world population hit a milestone of how many?

  • Six Billion
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On Jan. 16, 1920, what began in the United States as the 18th Amendment?

  • Prohibition
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On April 22, 1996, nations pledged $1.23 billion in aid to rebuild which country?

  • Bosnia
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November 11, 1921 marked the first anonymous burial at what famous U.S. cemetery?

  • Arlington National Cemetery
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Mustafa Kemal was the first President of which country?

  • Turkey
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Most terms that help to identify vulcanological events come from which language?

  • Hawaiian
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Mohandas Gandhi was a peace-loving man who led India to independence through what?

  • Non-Violence
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Mohandas Gandhi is known best as this?

  • World Leader
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev was President of what nation?

  • Soviet Union
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Lucrezia Borgia, the noblewoman of Victor Hugo's drama of the same name, was of what nationality?

  • Italian
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King Edward VIII gave up the throne in 1936 in order to do what?

  • Marry A Divorcee
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Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany and Czar Nicholas II of Russia were related in what way?

  • Cousins
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Into which body of water does the Yukon River discharge?

  • Bering Sea
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Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister of which country?

  • India
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In WWII, what type of airplane did Marine ace Pappy Boyington fly?

  • F4U Corsair
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In World War II, who was Luidmila Pavlich?

  • Top Woman Sniper From Russia
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In which year of the 1900's did the Japanese army invade Manchuria?

  • 1931
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In which war were battles fought at Chrysler's Farm, Queenston Heights, and Lundy's Lane?

  • The War Of 1812
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In which of the following film sequels did Donald Trump appear?

  • Home Alone 2
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