United States
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United States
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What religious group first settled Pennsylvania?
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Quakers
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In which state was the first battle of the American Revolution fought?
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Massachusetts
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Who gave the Gettysburg Address?
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Abraham Lincoln
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What Thomas Edison invention was a predecessor to the record player?
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Phonograph
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Who was the top U.S. commander in Europe during WWII?
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia
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According to the Quran, what cubic black structure was built by Abraham and Ishmael?
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Kaaba
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Who was born in Mecca in 570 AD?
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Muhammad
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What empire controlled the coastal regions of Saudi Arabia from the 16th century until WWI?
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Ottoman Empire
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What was discovered in Saudi Arabia in 1938, seriously changing the Saudi economy?
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Oil
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What were women allowed to legally do for the first time in 2018?
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Drive
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Morocco
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Morocco
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What seafaring people established the city of Tangier before 800 BC?
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Phoenicians
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What M word refers to the Northern African people who conquered Spain?
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Moors
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In what city, starting with F, was a madrassa founded in 859 AD that some people call the world's oldest university?
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Fez
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In what city did Allied leaders meet to make plans for WWII in 1943?
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Casablanca
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What territory declared its independence from Morocco in 1979?
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Western Sahara
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Pakistan
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Pakistan
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Along what river did civilization in Pakistan first develop?
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Indus River
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What religion, started in the 15th century, teaches its followers to wear five items, including a small knife?
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Sikhism
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What three letter word ending in J refers to the period of British rule in India and Pakistan?
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Raj
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What nation declared independence from Pakistan in 1971?
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Bangladesh
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Who was Pakistan's only female Prime Minister?
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Benazir Bhutto
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Ethiopia
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Ethiopia
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What was Ethiopia known as prior to the 1600s?
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Abyssinia
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What European power briefly occupied Ethiopia in the 1930s?
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Italy
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Who was emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974?
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Haile Selassie
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What was the name of the Australopithecus skeleton discovered in Ethiopia in 1974?
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Lucy
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What killed over 1 million Ethiopians in the early 1980s?
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Famine
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Indonesia
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Indonesia
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What "upright" hominid species inhabited Indonesia as far back as two million years ago?
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Homo erectus
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What spice, starting with N, did Dutch traders export from Indonesia?
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Nutmeg
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What country invaded Indonesia in 1941?
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Japan
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Who was the first president of Indonesia?
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Sukarno
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What Portuguese-speaking country gained its independence from Indonesia in 2002?
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East Timor
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The phrasing of the question is asking about an animal that became domesticated during that specific time period, not one that was already domesticated prior to it. There is a significant difference between those two concepts.
I was surprised the correct answer wasn't accepted while the incorrect answer was, especially when the correct answer is far more interesting. :)
Please review and thank you for many years of enjoyment with these terrific quizzes!
Who, surely?
But what about this part? That's the Tamil kings. No one conquers the Tamil kings.