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In what year did the Tiananmen Square massacre occur?

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1989

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In 1990, who was appointed chancellor of the newly reunified Germany?

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Helmut Kohl

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Who killed Malcolm X?

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Thomas Hagen- member of Nation of Islam killed in 1965 in the Audobon Ballroom in NYC

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Managua is the capital of what country?

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Nicaragua

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What was the first name of the lady who married both Henry II of England and Louis VII of France?

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Eleanor of Aquitane

Aquitaine is a region of Southwest France

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Who is credited for inventing the television set?

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Philo Farnsworth

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Leon Trotsky, a Marxist revolutionary, was assassinated in which capital city?

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Mexico City, Mexico

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In what year was Marco Polo born?

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1254

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The Gunpowder Plot occurred in what year?

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1605

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Malcolm X was killed in which year?

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1965- Killed by Thomas Hagen of the Nation of Islam in the Audobon Ball Room in NYC

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What was the name of Horatio Nelson’s ship in the Battle of the Nile?

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HMS Vanguard

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What country was the first to adopt the metric system?

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France

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The archbishop of which English town holds the most senior position in the Church of England?

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Canterbury

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What year did the “Dancing Plague” occur in Strasbourg?

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1518, a period of dancing mania where people would dance for days

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When did the Italian Unification occur?

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From 1815-1871 but mostly in the 1860s

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The once Portugese territory of Goa was annexed by India in which year?

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1961

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17
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Mexico, Argentina, Columbia, and others all declared independence from Spain in what decade?

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1810s

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Francois Duvalier was a dictator of what country?

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Haiti

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19
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In what country did the Tango dance originate?

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Argentina

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Wallachia is a historical region in what modern day country?

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Romania

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The RMS Lusitania was in service for how long before being sunk by German U-Boats?

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8 years

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Charles De Gaulle was the first president of the French 5th Republic, formed in what year?

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1958

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In 1975, the city of Saigon changed its name to what?

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Ho Chi Minh City

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Which sailor’s voyage completely circled Australia?

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Matthew Flinders

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25
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Between 1589 and 1830, which royal house ruled France?

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Valois

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26
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The My Lai massacre occurred in what year?

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1968

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27
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In what year was Elizabeth I crowned as the queen?

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1558

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The Indian subcontinent merged with the Eurasian landmass approximately how long ago?

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55 million years ago

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29
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The Berlin Wall officially went by what name in East Germany?

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Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart

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30
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What president was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz?

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William McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt was his VP and became president at age 42

JFK is youngest elected at 43

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31
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What person did Thomas Hagen assassinate?

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Malcolm X in the Audobon Ballroom in NYC in 1965

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Abuja is the capital of what country?

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Nigeria, replaced Lagos as the capital in 1992

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33
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Which noble rank is the highest?

Baron, Duke, Earl, Marquess

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Duke

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34
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What is the capital of Nigeria?

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Abuja

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In which modern day city was New Sweden’s first settlement in America?

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Wilmington, Delaware

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Which monarch signed the Magna Carta in 1215?

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John; done in a field at Runnymede

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37
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Joan of Arc was canonized in 1920 which is how many years after her execution?

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489 years later

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38
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The Korean empire was annexed by Japan in what year?

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1910

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39
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What was the last part of Canada to become a province?

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Newfoundland 1949

40
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In 1992, which city replaed Lagos as the capital of Nigeria?

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Abuja

41
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Every Italian monarch since the unification of Italy is from which house?

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Savoy

42
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The Italian Renaissance started in the 14th century and ended in which?

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17th century

i.e. began in 1300s and ended in 1600s

43
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In 1840, Queen Victoria married her first cousin, what was his name?

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Albert

44
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Who took charge of Chile after a coup in 1973?

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Augusto Pinochet

45
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The Great Pyraminds of Giza was the worlds tallest structure until the completed construction of Lincoln Cathedral in what year

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1311

46
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In 1852, whose funeral in Maidenhead was disrupted by widespread flooding?

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Duke of Wellington

47
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Operation Avalanche was the codename for the allied invasion of what country in WW2?

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Italy

48
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Matthias replaced who as one of the 12 apostles in the Bible?

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Judas Iscariot

49
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How did Cleopatra die?

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She poisoned herself at age 39

She was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt

50
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In 1975, this city changed its name to Ho Chi Minh City?

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Saigon

51
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Who opposed the Cavaliers in the English Civil War?

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Roundheads

Cavaliers were Parlamentarians fighting King Charles I and his supporterrs who were Royalists (Roundheads)

52
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T/F: The Acropolis of Athens is one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world?

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False

53
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Queen Victoria was declared empress of India in what year?

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1876

54
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What was the codename for the German invasion of the UK during WW2?

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Operation Sea Lion

55
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After a coup in 1973, Augusto Pinochet took charge of what country?

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Chile

56
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The Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart was the official name for this structure in East Germany?

A

Berlin Wall

57
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In the Bible, who replaced Judas Iscariot as one of the 12 apostles?

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Matthias

58
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Pocahontas was a Native American associated with which colonial settlement?

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Jamestown, Virginia

59
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What was Victor Emmanuel II’s full name?

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Victor Emmanuel Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso

Originally King of Sardinia then was king of a United Italy in 1861

60
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What is the religious society of friends also known as?

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The Quakers- William Penn was a quaker

61
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Dalmatia is a historical region in what modern day country?

A

Croatia

62
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The first commercial airline service in 1914 flew between St. Petersburg and which otehr destination?

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Tampa, FL

63
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The Sandinista revolution occurred in which country?

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Nicaragua

Capital: Managua

64
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Which US state was named after the wife of Charles I?

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Maryland

65
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What is the state of Maryland named after?

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King Charles I wife, Mary

66
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Who was the king of England at the start of 1066?

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Harold Godwinson

67
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When Elizabeth came to the throne, who did she appoint the principal secretary?

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Sir William Cecil

68
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Which US president was in office during the dissolution of the Soviet Union?

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George Herbert Walker Bush

69
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What is the capital of Nicaragua?

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Managua

70
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Who assassinated William McKinley?

A

Leon Czolgosz

71
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The Wild West era ended roughly in what decade?

A

1910s

72
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What was the largest naval battle of the first world war?

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Battle of Jutland

73
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Transylvania is a traditional part of what modern country?

A

Romania

Capital is Bucharest

Nicolae Ceaucescu was the last communist leader, violently overthrown and executed in 1989

74
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After holding Nazi war criminals, Spandau prison in Berlin was demolished and turned into what?

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A shopping center

75
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The Middle Ages began in what century?

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6th century (500s)

76
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Oliver Cromwell ruled the short-lived republican Commonwealth of England in what decade?

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1650s

77
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What prison did the spy George Blake escape from in 1966?

A

Wormwood Scrubs

78
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The Yom Kippur War occurred in what year?

A

1973

79
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Thomas Edison filed for a patent for the light bulb in what year?

A

1879

80
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Vincent van Gogh lived to what age before shooting himself?

A

37

81
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In 1981, Anwar Sedat was assassinated in what capital city?

A

Cairo, Egypt

82
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The last public guillotine in France occurred in what year?

A

1939

83
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Newfoundland was the final province to become a part of Canada in what year?

A

1949

84
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The Quakers are a religious group that founded what American city?

A

Philadelphia - by William Penn

The Religious Society of Friends is AKA the Quakers

85
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Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was born in what year?

A

1925

86
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Sir William Cecil was appointed by which English Monarch as the principal secretary?

A

Queen Elizabeth I

87
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Who was on the throne when William Shakespeare was born in Warwickshire?

A

Elizabeth I

88
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Who was the first president to marry while in office?

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John Tyler

89
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Before he was killed in the Battle of Hastings in 1066, how many days was Harold II the King of England?

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282 days

90
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The “dancing plague” of 1518 took place where?

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Strasbourg in Alsace

91
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How many weeks did the Falklands War last?

A

10

Fought between UK and Argentina over Falkland Islands and others in 1982 (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)

92
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The Cyrillic script, the script used for languages such as Russian, was first officially used in what country?

A

Bulgaria

93
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Versailles was the capital of France for how long?

A

107 years

94
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Philo Farnsworth is known for inventing what?

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Televesion Set

95
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In what country was Mother Teresa born?

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The Ottoman Empire but Skopje, Macedonia- at the time it was the Ottoman Empire

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