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Which country held the first Olympic games?

United States
Greece
Italy

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Who is the famous scientist that discovered the formula E = mc2?

Isaac Newton
Charles Darwin
Albert Einstein

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Not quite.

From what city did the Titanic set sail?

Southampton
London
New York City

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Who invented the vaccine for polio?

Jonas Salk
James Parkinson
Charles R. Drew

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That was incorrect.

Who did the alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta fight with in the Battle of Thermopylae?

Mongolian Empire
Persian Empire
English Empire

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To what country did the British transport 160,000 convicts over the course of 80 years?

Malaya
Australia
India

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Not quite.

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was widely considered the catalyst to what war?

Korean War
Anglo Dutch War
World War I

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That was incorrect.

Which English lady went to the Crimea to nurse the soldiers and became famous?

Mary Lincoln
Clara Barton
Florence Nightingale

Wonderful!

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In what country did Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge facilitate a mass genocide in the 1970’s?

Laos
Vietnam
Cambodia

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In which country was the Battle of Hastings fought in?

England
France
Norway

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What was the “Black Death” that struck Europe?

Jack the Ripper
Bubonic Plague
Bombings during World War II

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What event took place on December 7th, 1941?

Bay of Pigs invasion
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
World War 2 D-Day

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The “Ides of March” are famous for what significant event?

The assassination of Malcolm X
The assassination of Indira Gandhi
The assassination of Julius Caesar

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Why was the Berlin wall built?

To safeguard property and wealth
For protection against invaders
To stop East Germans from defecting

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What was considered one of the first documents, written by the English in the 1200’s, listing the rights of free people?

Magna Carta
The English Charter
Declaration of Independence

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Which country held the first Olympic games?

Who is the famous scientist that discovered the formula E = mc2?

From what city did the Titanic set sail?

Who invented the vaccine for polio?

Who did the alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta fight with in the Battle of Thermopylae?

To what country did the British transport 160,000 convicts over the course of 80 years?

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was widely considered the catalyst to what war?

Which English lady went to the Crimea to nurse the soldiers and became famous?

In what country did Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge facilitate a mass genocide in the 1970’s?

In which country was the Battle of Hastings fought in?

What was the “Black Death” that struck Europe?

What event took place on December 7th, 1941?

The “Ides of March” are famous for what significant event?

Why was the Berlin wall built?

What was considered one of the first documents, written by the English in the 1200’s, listing the rights of free people?

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Which country held the first Olympic games?

Who is the famous scientist that discovered the formula E = mc2?

From what city did the Titanic set sail?

Who invented the vaccine for polio?

Who did the alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta fight with in the Battle of Thermopylae?

To what country did the British transport 160,000 convicts over the course of 80 years?

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was widely considered the catalyst to what war?

Which English lady went to the Crimea to nurse the soldiers and became famous?

In what country did Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge facilitate a mass genocide in the 1970’s?

In which country was the Battle of Hastings fought in?

What was the “Black Death” that struck Europe?

What event took place on December 7th, 1941?

The “Ides of March” are famous for what significant event?

Why was the Berlin wall built?

What was considered one of the first documents, written by the English in the 1200’s, listing the rights of free people?

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