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10 Downing Street became the Prime Minister’s residence in what year?

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1735

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What materials were mainly used in the manufacture of Harrappan Seals?

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Terracotta (made in Indus Valley in Bronze age)- it’s “cooked earth” basically a clay

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Who was Medusa beheaded by?

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Perseus

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In 1996, the Taliban first established themselves as the legal government of this country? Capital?

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Afghanistan

Kabul

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Japanese prime minister, Hara Takashi, was assassinated in what year?

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1921

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6
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In which year was the celebration of the Dublin Millenium?

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1988

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John Montagu is known for creating what?

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Sandwiches- he was the 4th Earl of Sandich

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The Norge was the name of an airship that reached this location in 1926

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North Pole

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9
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Who was the Canadian prime minister during WW2?

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William Lyon Mackenzie King

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In Greek mythology, the serpentine Hydra has how many heads?

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9

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Who wrote “On the Genealogy of Morals” in 1887?

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Friedrich Nietzche

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In what year was the fall of Constantinople?

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1453

Capture of the Byzantine empire by the Ottoman empire

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When did the Phillipines attain independence from the USA?

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1946

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What is August Comte known as the founder of?

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Sociology

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15
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Which Mughal ruler banned music and dancing?

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Aurangzeb

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16
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Before 1971, how many pence was in 1 Pound Sterling?

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240

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17
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Where is Mount Kilimanjaro located?

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Tanzania (it is a volcano)

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18
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To whom does the work “The Republic” belong to

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Plato

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Where is the tomb of Babur located?

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In Kabul, Afghanistan

He was the first Mughal Emperor

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The Missionaries of Charity was founded by Mother Teresa in what year?

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1950

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Margaret I of Denmark unified Norway, Denmark, and Sweden to form the ____ Union

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Kalmar

Kalmar is a city located in Sweden where the agreement was made

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Who was the great exponent of Romanticism?

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Rosseau

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23
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What are the Sandwich Islands vs. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?

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Sandwich Islands was the name given to the current Hawaiian Islands by James Cook

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are UK dependencies- fough over along with Falkland Islands in the Falklands War 1982

First Battle = Battle of Goose Green

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24
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What city was the first Capital of Canada?

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Kingston (Currently Ottowa)

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25
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Duriloponte was the Roman name for which English city?

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Cambridge

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26
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Saloth Sar was the birth name of a revolutionary politician from what country?

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Cambodia (Pol Pot)

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27
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When did Cyrus the Great die?

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530 BC

Founder of the Archaemenid Empire- the first Persian empire

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28
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In which year was Iraq admitted to the league of nations?

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1932

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29
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The German battleship Bismark sunk what British ship in 1941?

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HMS Hood

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30
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Which of the original 13 states was the first to ratify the constitution?

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Delaware

Last = Rhode Island

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Who was the first prime minister of Canada?

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John A. Macdonald

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32
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What European country had a civil war from 1936 to 1939?

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Spain

Greece was 1946 to 1949

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33
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How long did the Ottoman Empire last?

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631 years

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34
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When did Russia launch the first artificial satellite? Name?

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1957-Sputnik

1961- Yuri Gagarin goes to space

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35
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Who was known as the “Parrot of India”

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Amir Khusrau- a Persian Language poet

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36
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AVH was the acronym for state protection police in this communist state

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Hungary

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37
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The conference that partitioned French Indochina in 1954 into the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the state of Vietnam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, and the Kingdom of Laos took place where?

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Geneva, Switzerland

Capital of Switzerland is Bern

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38
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When was Ludwig van Beethoven born?

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1770

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39
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What form of music was popular during Baroque Era?

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Opera

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40
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Genghis Khan became ruler of the unified Mongol Empire in what year?

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1206

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41
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In what year did the Geneva Conference that partitioned French Indochina take place? It was trying to settle outstanding issues after what war? What were the 4 partitionings?

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1954

Korean War and First French Indochina War

Kingdom of Cambodia, Kingdom of Laos, State of Vietnam (South), Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North)

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42
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In what year was Faisal I crowned the king of Iraq?

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1921

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43
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The Arikara war between the Arikara people and the US was fought in what year?

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1823

Fought along Missouri river in present day South Dakota. The Sioux were American allies at that time and fought against the Arikara

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44
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Stamford Raffles was the founder of what city/nation?

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Singapore

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45
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Having lost its sovereignty in 1492, what was the last Islamic Emirate in Spain?

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Emirate of Grenada

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46
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Edward I was also known as Edward Longshanks for what reason?

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His Height

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47
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In what year was Franklin D Roosevelt born?

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1882

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Who united Norway, Denmark, and Sweden to form the Kalmar Union?

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Margaret I of Denmark

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49
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The Easter Offensive was a military campaign of what war?

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Vietnam

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50
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The Battle of Omdurman was fought between the UK and what state?

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Mahdist Sudan

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51
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Who was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

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Junko Tabei

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52
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Attila was a feared leader of which people?

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The Huns (Eurasian Nomads migrated from the Volga region)

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53
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Better known as Lawrence of Arabia, what was his first name?

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Thomas

Thomas Edward Lawrence (British Archaeologist)

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54
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Which country holds the oldest constitution in the world?

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United States

Technically, the constitution of San Marino is 200 years older though

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55
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Who was known as the founder of Sociology and coined the term?

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Auguste Comte

56
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In 1919, which Swiss person won the Nobel prize in Literature?

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Carl Spittler

57
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Who built Hawa Mahal?

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Shah Jahan

58
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The 1898 Newland’s resolution concerned the US anexation of which territory?

A

Hawaii

59
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This 1898 resolution concerned the US annexation of Hawaii

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Newland’s Resolution

60
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Jordan renounced its claim to the West Bank in what year?

A

1988

61
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Who was the last Mughal emperor?

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Bahadur Shah II

62
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What British Prime Minister precipitated the Seven Years War?

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The Duke of Newcastle

63
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Tenochtitlan was a huge capital city of what society?

A

Aztec

64
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Who wrote the famous book, “A Passage to India”?

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E.M. Forster

65
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Which environmental disaster caused the celebration of “Earth Day”?

A

Santa Barbara Oil Spill

66
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The “Domesday Book” of 1086 was completed by which monarch?

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William the Conqueror

Was a survey of much of conquered England

67
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The document, 95 Theses, by Martin Luther is said to have given birth to what?

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Protestantism

68
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Who was the founder of Buddhism?

A

Siddhartha Gautama

69
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In which century was the Angor Wat in Cambodia built?

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12th century

70
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The Battle of Friedland in the Napoleonic Wars resulted in what treaty?

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The Treaty of Tilsit

71
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Where was the artist Raphael buried?

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In the Pantheon of Rome

72
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When was the national flag of Switzerland officially adopted?

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1841

73
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In what year was oil discovered in Saudi Arabia?

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1938

74
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What is the official political ideology of China, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam?

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Marxist-Leninism (Communism)

75
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Tenochtitlan, a major capital of the Aztec Empire is now located in this current day city

A

Mexico City, New Mexico

76
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Who was the first King of Romania?

A

Carol I

77
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How long was Saddam Hussein’s reign in Iraq?

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24 years (Came to power in 1979)

78
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Who was the first prime minister of Great Britain?

A

Walpole

79
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What was the name of the Airship that reached the North Pole in 1926?

A

Norge

80
Q

Junko Tabei is known as the first woman to do what?

A

Summit Mount Everest

81
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How many countries as of 2020 retain an official ideology of Marxism-Leninism?

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4: China, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam

82
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How many Crusader States were created after the first crusade?

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4

County of Edessa, County of Tripoli, Principality of Antioch, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem

83
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The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident involved which US Battleship?

A

USS Maddox

84
Q

In 1993, who was the prime minister of Kazakhstan?

A

Sergey Tereshchenko

85
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In what year were the first ever Olympic games held?

A

776 BC

86
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Who was the founder of the city of Singapore?

A

Stamford Raffles

87
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Who introduced the term, Ecology?

A

Ernst Haeckel

88
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In old Turkish, what was the meaning of the word Turk?

A

Strong

89
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When did the Taliband first establish themselves as the legal government of Afghanistan?

A

1996

90
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In what year was Charles Dickens born?

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1812

91
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What is the address of the British Prime minister?

A

10 Downing Street

92
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Charles Darwin neglected what university education in pursuit of investigating the natural sciences?

A

Medicine

93
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In what year was David Hasselhoff born?

A

1952

94
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In what century was the Taj Mahal built?

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17th century

In the city- Agra in Uttar Pradesh on the River Yamuna

95
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In the Montreal Olympics of 1976, who scored a 10 in gymnastics?

A

Nadia Comaneci

96
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Which US president established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?

A

Richard Nixon (37th President)

97
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Who is known as the “Father of Medicine”?

A

Hippocrates

98
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Who was the Pope during WW2?

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Pope Pius XII

99
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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was enacted by what president?

A

Millard Fillmore

100
Q

Who is the Roman god of love?

A

Venus

101
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The first televised address by a US president in the oval office was made by what president?

A

Harry Truman

102
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What French Monarch had the longest reign?

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Louis XIV- ruled for 72 years until he died in 1715

103
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In socialist Hungary, what acronym was used for the State Protection Police?

A

AVH

104
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Who was the British Prime Minister during the Suez Crisis in 1956?

A

Anthony Eden

105
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What European Country had a civil war from 1946-1949?

A

Greece

Spain was 1936-1939

106
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Who invented sandwiches?

A

John Montagu (The 4th Earl of Sandwich)

107
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Who are the 3 founders of the National Trust in England?

A

Octavia Hill

Robert Hunter

Hardwicke Rawnsley

108
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Geronimo was a leader in what American tribe?

A

Apache

109
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In Japan, a samurai held military nobility until their abolition in what year?

A

1876

110
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Lao Tzu, the founder of philosophical Taoism, was born in what century?

A

5th Century BC

111
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This was a major capital city of the Aztec Empire which is now in Mexico City?

A

Tenochtitlan

112
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When was the communist party of China founded?

A

1921

113
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The French Third Republic was formed after Emperor Napoleon III was deposed in what year?

A

1870

114
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When was the Bakassi Penninsula transferred from Nigeria to Cameroon?

A

2008

115
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What was the Roman name for the English city of Cambridge?

A

Duriloponte

116
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What four presidents are carved on Mount Rushmore?

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Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson

117
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When did the Industrial Revolution start in Europe?

A

1760

118
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Zoroastrianism is a religion based on the prophet Zoroaster who originated in what country?

A

Iran

Recall that Haile Selassie was a ruler of Ethiopia thought to be a Zoroastrian leader

119
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The Wright Brothers first flew the airplane in what year?

A

1903

120
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The siege of what city effectively ended the crusades in the Levant?

A

Acre

121
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What Apollo spacecraft was the first to orbit the moon?

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Apollo 8

122
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Who built the Khajuro Temples?

A

Chandala Rajput

These are in India

123
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In 2008, the Bakassi Peninsula was transferred from Nigeria to ____

A

Cameroon

124
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Who received the title of Shogun in 1603?

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Tokugawa Leyasu (Shogun means Army Commander)

125
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What mythical creature was beheaded by Perseus?

A

Medusa

126
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Which of the original 13 states was the last to ratify the constitution?

A

Rhode Island

First = Delaware

127
Q

When did the first writing system roughly appear?

A

3400 BC

Cuneiform

128
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In 1823, the Sioux were allies with the US and fought against what tribe after an attack on fur-trappers in present day South Dakota?

A

Arikara

This was the Arikara War

129
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The 1989 Hillsborough disaster occurred in what UK city?

A

Sheffiled

130
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Kabul is the capital of what country?

A

Afghanistan

131
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Kuwait was annexed by Iraq in what year?

A

1990

Precipitated by Saddam Hussein in Iraq invading Kuwait- cancelling a large debt to Kuwait and expanding Iraqi power in the region

132
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In what year was William Shakespeare born?

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1564

133
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What is the capital of Afghanistan?

A

Kabul

134
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What battle during the Napoleonic wars resulted in the Treaty of Tilsit?

A

Battle of Friedland

135
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Longacre Square was the name for this location before 1904

A

Times Square

136
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Between which cities was the Peloponnesian war fought?

A

Athens and Sparta

137
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Though it changed its name to “Times Square” in 1904, what was the square previously called?

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Longacre Square

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