Question | Answer | % Correct |
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Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? | Michelangelo | 93%
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What did 18th century men commonly wear that was powdered and white? | Wigs | 77%
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In what empire were Armenians the victims of genocide from 1915–1917? | Ottoman Empire | 72%
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What crop was "king" in the U.S. South prior to the Civil War? | Cotton | 71%
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Who was the First Lady of the U.S. from 1933–1945? | {Eleanor} Roosevelt | 71%
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What disease was eradicated in 1979? | Smallpox | 65%
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What plot was Guy Fawkes involved in? | The {Gunpowder} Plot | 65%
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What ancient kingdom had capital cities, at different times, in Thebes and Memphis? | Egypt | 62%
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What city was formerly known as Edo? | Tokyo | 62%
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Who is Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov better known as? | Vladimir Lenin | 62%
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What beverage was first consumed in Yemen in the 1400s AD? | Coffee | 61%
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What Parisienne was the first person to win multiple Nobel Prizes? | Marie Curie | 60%
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What great Frankish king was crowned Emperor on Christmas Day, 800 AD? | Charlemagne | 57%
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What Pakistani river valley was home to one of the world's most advanced civilizations in 2000 BC? | Indus Valley | 56%
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What country was historically known as Abyssinia? | Ethiopia | 54%
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Who is sometimes credited with "inventing" the hang glider, parachute, and diving suit? | Leonardo da Vinci | 53%
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What city had a liberal "spring" in 1968 that was crushed by Soviet tanks? | Prague | 45%
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What, according to cliché, did Roman rulers give to the common people in order to appease them? | {Bread} and circuses | 43%
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What is the name for a Viking warrior who supposedly fought in a trance-like, nearly uncontrollable fury? | Berserker | 40%
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What brutal execution method was used on the compatriots of Spartacus? | Crucifixion | 37%
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