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What year was Texas admitted into the Union?

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1845

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Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to successfully summit Mt. Everest in what year?

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1953

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Togoland was the site of the first gunfire of what major 20th century conflict?

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World War 1

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When did the Irish potato famine occur?

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1845-1852

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Coca Cola was founded in which year?

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1886

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T/F: Romania was part of the central powers in WW1

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False

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire were

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Who were the first 2 to successfully summit Mt. Everest in 1953?

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Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

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The Khmer Rouge was the ruling party between 1975-1979 of which modern day country?

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Cambodia (Capital Phnom Penh)

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Which ancient Greek tutored Alexander the Great until he was 16?

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Aristotle

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The “Hundred Years War” was a series of conflicts collectively lasting how long?

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116 years

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Which structure held the record for the tallest structure in the world the longest?

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Eiffel Tower

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The Eighty Years war was the war of independence of which country?

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Netherlands (1568-1648) war against Phillip II of Spain for what is now Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg

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How long was Queen Victoria’s reign in the UK?

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63 years

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Bulgaria was a part of this alliance in WW1

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The Central Powers along with Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

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Which of these was invented first?

Steam Turbine, Ballpoint Pen, Dyanmite, Phonograph

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Dynamite 1866 by Alfred Nobel after discovering that mixing nitroglycerin with a fine sand called Keiselguhr

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What was the capital of West Germany?

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Bonn

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The USA entered WW1 after the revelation that Germany was encouraging which country to invade?

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Mexico

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What was the name of the Japanese era during WW2?

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Showa

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Before 1946, Franklin D Roosevelt Metro Station in Paris was named after who?

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Emmanuel III, King of Italy– called “Victor-Emmanuel III”

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IBM created a Chess playing computer that defeated a world Chess champion for the first time in what year? What was it called?

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1997; Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov

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Margaret Thatcher, Vladimir Lenin, and Mahatma Ghandi are all connected by which profession?

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Lawyer

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The First Opium War occurred between the UK and what other country?

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Qing (China)

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What African country was established for the relocation of freed African Americans?

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Liberia

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The Maastricht Treaty, the precursor to the formation of the European Union, was signed in what year?

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1992

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What was the name of the first battle on land during the Falklands War of 1982?

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The Battle of Goose Green (A war between Argentina and the UK over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands)

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26
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Which country introduced paper currency?

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China

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27
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In which year did Edward VIII reign the UK?

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1936

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Which event made Al Capone the “undisputed” crime boss of Chicago?

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St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

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Nicolae Ceeausescu, the final communist leader of Romania, was executed in what year?

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1989

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Who was India’s first prime minister?

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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31
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What was the name of Nelson Mandela’s political party?

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African National Congress

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32
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For how many months was the Chrysler Building the world’s tallest building?

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11 months (recall, built in Art Deco)

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Befor Victor Emmanuel II became king of a United Italy in 1861, what country was he the king of?

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Kingdom of Sardinia

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34
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The Great Train Robbery was carried out near London by a gang of how many people?

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15

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35
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What country is often referred to by its Latin name, Helvetia?

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Switzerland

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36
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The breakup of the Soviet Union created how many new independent countries including Russia?

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15

Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia

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Between 1714 and 1830, this was the name of all of the British monarchs

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George

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38
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What was the name of the treaty that became the UK’s obligation to enter WW1?

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Treaty of London

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39
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Horatio Nelson lost his arm in this battle

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Battle of Tenerife

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40
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Who drafted the US declaration of independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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41
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Before the disappearance of the facades, what was the Great Pyramids original color?

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White

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42
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During the battle of Tenerife, Horatio Nelson lost which limb?

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Arm

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43
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Tutankhamun ruled in which dynasty in Egypt?

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18th Dynasty

Tomb discovered by Howard Carter in 1922

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Which US state was the first to declare secession from the Union before the Civil War began?

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South Carolina

They seceded on Dec 20th, 1860

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45
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The medical procedure of lobotomy was first carried out in humans in what year?

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1935 in Lisbon

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46
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Having begun in 1884, when was the Panama Canal completed?

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1914 (took 30 years)

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47
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What city was Al Capone the crime boss in?

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Chicago

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48
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How many children that survived infancy did Henry VIII have?

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3

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49
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Which British Prime Minister presided over the second half of WW1?

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David Lloyd George

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50
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Tsar Nicholas II signed the October manifesto in what year?

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1905 (marked the end of unlimited autocracy in Russia and instituted constitutional monarchy)

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51
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Who was the Roman God of commerce?

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Mercury

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52
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Who ruled the Roman Empire during the crucifixion of Jesus Christ?

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Tiberius

Pontius Pilate was the official of the Province of Judaea

Of note, Augustus was emperor when Jesus was born

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53
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In which year did the following events occur?

A) Construction of Berlin Wall

B) Bay of Pigs Invasion

C) First human journey to space

D) Independence of Algeria

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A) Berlin wall- 1961

B) Bay of Pigs- 1961

C) Yuri Gagarin 1961

D) Algeria- 1962

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54
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In which landmark where peace treaties signed following the First World War?

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Palace of Versailles

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55
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The Aztec empire was situated mostly in what modern country?

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Mexico

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56
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How long in total was Winston Churchill prime minister of the UK?

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9 years

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57
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Which reactor experienced the meltdown in the 1986 Chernobyl disaster?

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Reactor No. 4

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58
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Jeans, orginally as “Blue Jeans” was invented in what year?

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1871

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59
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The first Cholera Pandemic occurred in what country?

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India

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60
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Who assassinated John Lennon

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Mark Chapman

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61
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Tutankhaten is the other name for _____

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Tutankhamun- discovered by Hower Carter 1922, 18th dynasty pharoah

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62
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The Munich Air Disaster of 1958 was the crash of a plane carrying what football team?

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Manchester United

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63
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The Auschwitz concentration camp is found in which modern day country?

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Poland

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64
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What crime was Al Capone ultimately jailed for?

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Tax Evasion

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65
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Nelson Mandela was imprisoned in what year?

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1962 (not released until 1990)-spent 28 years in prison

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66
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What individual from Spain defeated the Aztec Empire in 1521?

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Hernan Cortes

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67
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Which German General during WW2 was known as the “Savior of Paris” for disobeying Hitler’s order to destroy the city?

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Von Choltitz

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68
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Buckingham Palace became a residence for the British Monarch in what century?

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18th century

1700s

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69
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The Ford Motor Company was founded in what year?

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1903

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The goals of the government of the Meiji restoration in 1868 were outlined in this document that set the legal stage for Japan’s modernization

A

Charter Oath

71
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What chemical element was discovered first (after the ancient times)?

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Phosphorus, 1669 by German Alchemist Hennig Brand

72
Q

Chichen Itza was built by what people?

A

Mayan (in current state of Yucatan)

Another card may mention Inca but that is wrong

73
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In 1902, which country was the first to allow women to vote and run for head of state?

A

Australia

74
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What does F stand for in JFK?

A

Fitzgerald

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

75
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Haile Selassie was emperor of what country from 1930 to 1974? What religion was he seen as being a prophet of?

A

Ethiopia, Rastafarianism

76
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Who discovered dynamite in 1866?

He mixed nitroglycerin with a fine sand called _______

A

Alfred Nobel

Kieselguhr (noted in Thomas Pynchon’s Against the Day)

77
Q

The first vaccine ever made protected against what disease?

A

Smallpox

78
Q

Margaret Thatcher was known by which nickname?

A

The Iron Lady

79
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Which island was the birth place of Napoleon?

A

Corsica

He was exiled first to Elba, then to St. Helena

80
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The 1916 Easter Uprising occurred in what country?

A

Ireland

81
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What is the capital of the country of Georgia?

A

Tbilisi

82
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Ruling from 1930-1974, the Emperor of which country is seen as a prophet of the Rastafari religion?

A

Ethiopia (Haile Selassie)

83
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Initiated by Stalin, during what years did the Great Purge occur?

A

1936-1938 (aka, the Purge Trials)

84
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To the closest year, what was the duration of the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s?

A

3 Years- note Francisco Franco was the dictator then

85
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During the American Civil War, which state experienced the most battles?

A

Virginia

86
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Which saint is Westminster Abbey dedicated to?

A

St. Peter

87
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The Indian territory of Puducherry was once a colony of this country ________

A

France

88
Q

Jack the Ripper was a serial killer in what decade?

A

1880s

He was also called the Whitechapel Murderer and Leather Apron

89
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What massacre did Ivan the Terrible, the first Tsar of Russia, reign over?

A

Massacre of Novgorod (1570)

90
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What was the Roman name for Scotland?

A

Caledonia

Recall that France’s largest island is New Caledonia but that is near Australia

91
Q

How long did the Berlin Blockade last?

A

11 months

92
Q

Tim Berners-Lee invented what in 1989?

A

World Wide Web

93
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What English King’s mother and son were both beheaded?

A

James VI and I

94
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Who is credited for inventing the World Wide Web in 1989?

A

Tim Berners-Lee

95
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In what year did Prince Charles and Princess Diana get married?

A

1981

96
Q

How many girls formed the “Radium Girls” dial painters who sued for exposure to lethal radiation?

A

5

They painted watch dials at factories in

Orange, New Jersey

Ottowa, Illinois

Waterbury, Connecticut

1917-1920s

U.S. Radium Corporation originally called Radium Luminous Material Corporation

97
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Robert Waldow, the tallest man to ever live, was born in which US state?

A

Illinois

Aka the Alton Giant and Giant of Illinois

8 ft 11 in, died aged 22

98
Q

Tbilisi is the capital of what country?

A

Georgia

Baku is Azerbaijan

99
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Who was Jawaharlal Nehru?

A

India’s First Prime Minister

100
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Caledonia was the Roman name for this country

A

Scotland

New Caledonia is the largest Island of France located east of Australia near the Solomon Islands and New Zealand

101
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What was the objective of the Berlin Conference of 1884?

A

This was part of the scramble for Africa. Organized by Otto von Bismarck it concerned itself with the partitioning of Africa between 14 European powers and the US

102
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Jesse Owens famously won 4 gold medals in the Olympics held in this city _____

A

Berlin

1936 Summer Olympics

103
Q

At its highest, what percentage of people in the USA were unemployed during the Great Depression?

A

23% (nearly a quarter)

104
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In what decade did the First Industrial Revolution begin?

A

1760s

105
Q

The region that was last to grant women the right to vote in 1991 is found in what country?

A

Switzerland

106
Q

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 created tension between Austria-Hungary and what other country?

A

Serbia- assassin was Gavrillo Princip of the Black Hand

107
Q

The Battle of Waterloo, last battle by Napoleon, occurred in what modern day country?

A

Belgium

108
Q

In the Pearl Harbor attack of 1941, the loss of life was greatest on what ship? What island was this?

A

USS Arizona

Oahu

109
Q

Which U.S. president’s middle name is Milhous?

A

Richard Nixon

110
Q

Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonymous inventor of what?

A

Cryptocurrency

111
Q

Who is the pseudonymous inventor of cryptocurrency?

A

Satoshi Nakamoto

112
Q

“To be or not to be, that is the question” is a famous quote from which of Shakespeare’s plays?

A

Hamlet

113
Q

Who did Rome fight in the Punic wars?

A

Carthage

114
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Simon Bolivar, known as the liberator of South America, was born in which modern-day country?

A

Venezuela

115
Q

Roald Amundsen and his team reached the South Pole for the first time in what year?

A

1911; Roald was a Norwegian explorer

116
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Which US president gave the White House its name?

A

Theodore Roosevelt

117
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In what year did The Beatles release their album, Abbey Road?

A

1969

118
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In what century was the Mona Lisa painted?

A

16th century (1503)

119
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The Meiji restoration of Japan began in what year?

A

1868

A political event that restored practical imperial rule under Emperor Meiji. There were emperors before but this really consolidated the power. Goals were outlined in “The Charter Oath”

120
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The Mayflower sailed from England to Massachusetts in which year?

A

1620

121
Q

Where did Florence Nightingale establish a hospital to treat casualties of the Crimean War?

A

Scutari (in Turkey)

122
Q

Where was the Titanic built?

A

Belfast

i.e. Capital of Northern Ireland

123
Q

Alfred the Great was king of the Anglo-Saxons originating from which family?

A

Wessex

124
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When was the chocolate bar invented?

A

1847 by British Chocolatier J.S. Fry and Sons

Swiss chocolatier Daniel Peter is generally credited with adding dried milk to it in 1876 to creat milk chocolate

125
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Paul VI, John Paul I, and John Paul II were all popes in which year?

A

1978

126
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What Norwegian explorer reached the South Pole with his team in 1911 during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration?

A

Roald Amundsen

127
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Hannibal famously travelled to Italy, through the alps, on what animal?

A

Elephant

Recall Surus (The Syrian) was missing a tusk

128
Q

In what year did the world population reach 1 billion?

A

1804

129
Q

Until their destruction in 2001, how long did the twin towers exist for?

A

28 years (Built in 1973)

130
Q

Hernan Cortes of the Spanish Empire defeated the Aztec empire in what year?

A

1521

131
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The Berlin Conference of 1884-85, a discussion of the fate of Africa, was organized by what leader?

A

Otto Von Bismarck

132
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When was the famous investor, Warren Buffet, born?

A

1930

133
Q

Which of the 7 wonders of the world was built most recently?

A

The Collosus of Rhodes

134
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K2 was first summited in what year?

A

1954; recall it is in Pakistan in the Karakoram mountain range

135
Q

In what year did Cleopatra die?

A

30 BC when she was 39 years old, last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt

136
Q

The Gadsden Purchase was the US acquisition of land from what country?

A

Mexico

Treaty finalized in 1854

137
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In what year was the Trans-Siberian railway opened?

A

1904

Goes from Moscow all the way to Vladivostok (and goes near Lake Baikal)

138
Q

The Salem Witch Trials were a series of prosecutions carried out in which decade? Which state?

A

1690s (end of 17th century)

Salem, Massachusetts

Demonym of someone from Mass is “Bay Stater”

139
Q

The Abominable Snowman is a term for Yeti, coined during the exploration of which world region?

A

Himalayas

140
Q

Which event in Russia occurred first?

1) Russian withdrawal from WW1
2) Bolshevik Revoluion
3) Russian Civil War
4) Assassination of Tsar Nicholas II

A

Bolshevik Revolution

141
Q

Which terrorist organization was responsible for the 9/11 attacks?

A

Al-Qaeda

142
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Who was the youngest US president?

A

Theodore Roosevelt though he was VP for McKinley when assassinated but was 42

Youngest elected was JFK 43

143
Q

In what year was the first satellite launched into space?

A

1957- Sputnik

1961- Yuri Gagarin goes into space

144
Q

What country is Phnom Penh the capital of?

A

Cambodia

145
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Which country declared war on Germany on the same day as the UK, starting WW2?

A

France

146
Q

Between 1762 and 1796, Catherine the Great was empress of which empire?

A

Russian

147
Q

Joseph Stalin was born in what modern day country? Capital?

A

Georgia (Tbilisi)

148
Q

What year did Benito Mussoline come to power in Italy?

A

1922

149
Q

The first gunfire (by the Brits) of the First World War occurred in which country?

A

Togoland- a German Protectorate in West Africa near Ghana and Togo

Though per Google some of the first gunshots were in Australia

150
Q

The Great Leap Forward was initiated in what year?

A

1958

151
Q

Among other territories, the UK and Argentina fought over the South Sandwich Islands during this war

A

Falklands War 1982

152
Q

When was the statue of liberty built?

A

1876

153
Q

What year saw 3 different popes?

A

1978

Paul VI, John Paul I, and John Paul II

154
Q

Carthage was besieged as a result of the Third Punic War of what year?

A

166 BC

155
Q

Where was Napolean exiled to in 1814-1815?

A

Elba (then St. Helena after Waterloo)

156
Q

What country lost the most soldiers during the second world war?

A

USSR

157
Q

What is Tutankhamun’s other name?

A

Tutankhaten

158
Q

The ancient region of Mesopotamia is mostly situated in which present day country?

A

Iraq

As was the ancient city of Babylon

159
Q

The historic German state of Prussia was abolished by decree in which year?

A

1947

160
Q

The recreational use of Opium was outlawed in what year in the US?

A

1914

161
Q

Which volcano destroyed the city of Pompeii?

A

Mt. Vesuvius which now overlooks Naples about 9km away

162
Q

Nazi Germany declared war on the Soviet Union in which year?

A

1941

163
Q

Mark Chapman assassinated what famous person?

A

John Lennon

164
Q

The formation of the German Empire occurred in what year?

A

1871

165
Q

Queen Elizabeth’s 65th anniversary as queen is called _____

A

Sapphire Jubilee

166
Q

What is the capital of Cambodia?

A

Phnom Penh

167
Q

Which explorer sighted New Zealand for the first time?

A

Abel Tasman

Not James Cook but the Cook strait separates the North and South Islands

168
Q

The Spanish Flu infected roughly how much of world population?

A

1/3 (33.3%)

169
Q

During which century was Machu Picchu built?

A

15th Century

170
Q

Alcatraz penitentary operated from 1934 to what year?

A

1963 (29 years)

171
Q

Which Roman emperor ruled during the birth of Jesus Christ?

A

Augustus

172
Q

The Saturday Night Massacre was a series of events that culminated under what US president

A

Richard Nixon

173
Q

Who was the final communist leader of Romania, executed in 1989?

What country has a flag almost identical to Romania?

A

Nicolae Ceausescu

Chad

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