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What European country colonized Angola from 1575 to 1975?

• Portugal

• England

• France

• Spain

What is the name of the Spanish conquistador believed to have conquered the Aztecs and claimed Mexico on behalf of Spain?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Juan Ponce de León

• Hernán Cortés

• Hernando de Soto

Who was the last Great Khan of the Mongol Empire?

• Kublai Khan

• Tolui Khan

• Mongke Khan

• Genghis Khan

In what century was the construction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy completed?

• It was never really completed

• 15th century

• 12th century

• 14th century

What Soviet leader was born Ioseb Besarionis dzе Djugashvili but later changed his name to something which translates to "Man of Steel"?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Joseph Stalin

• Vladimir Lenin

• Georgy Malenkov

The Zimmerman Telegram from 1917 proposed an alliance between Germany and what country should the United States enter into World War I?

• China

• Italy

• Canada

• Mexico

Who assassinated US president James Garfield in 1881?

• Gavrilo Princip

• Charles J. Guiteau

• Leon Czolgosz

• Nathuram Godse

What country offered Albert Einstein the role of president in 1952?

• Israel

• Germany

• USA

• Austria

Along with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who was the third astronaut aboard Apollo 11?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Roy McBride

• Michael Collins

In what century did the Peasants' Revolt take place in England as rebels sought a reduction in taxes and an end to serfdom?

• 12th century

• 14th century

• 13th century

• 15th century

In what year did the Easter Rising take place in Ireland when Irish Republicans sought an end to British rule in the country?

• 1886

• 1908

• 1916

• 1921

In 1882, US president Chester A. Arthur signed into law an act that banned the immigration of laborers from what country into the United States?

• Canada

• Japan

• China

• Mexico

What famous privateer was knighted in 1674 and named the Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica in either 1674 or 1675 (accounts differ slightly)?

• Henry Morgan

• Joshua Barney

• Sir Francis Drake

• John Paul Jones

In what city did the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria take place?

• Graz, Austria

• Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Pristina, Kosovo

• Vienna, Austria