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Question 1 of 15

The deadliest earthquake of 2012 occurred in which neighbour of India?

Question 2 of 15

What physical feature was a trademark of Mikhail Gorbachev, who led the Soviet Union from 1985-91?

Question 3 of 15

What is the name of the Catholic cathedral in Paris that is considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture?

Question 4 of 15

The 'Battles of Concord and Lexington' were fought during which war?

Question 5 of 15

What country's first post-WWII leader, Alcide De Gasperi, had been arrested by Mussolini but took sanctuary in the Vatican?

Question 6 of 15

The Olympic Games were first enacted by which ancient civilization?

Question 7 of 15

Which one of these inventions or discoveries happened most recently?

Question 8 of 15

Which North American country's highest elevation point, at 5,959 meters, is Mount Logan?

Question 9 of 15

Despite his liberal reforms, Czar Alexander II was killed when Narodnaya Volya (People's Will) threw a bomb into his carriage in 1881. Where?

Question 10 of 15

Which King of England had six wives?

Question 11 of 15

Which nation's satellite called the Dong Fang Hong 1 is launched into orbit on April 24th 1970?

Question 12 of 15

The volcano Kilauea began slowly erupting in 1983, where is it located?

Question 13 of 15

Mohandas Gandhi was a peace-loving man who led India to independence through what?

Question 14 of 15

In 1979 Israel and which other country signed a peace treaty?

Question 15 of 15

What agreement, signed in 1215 by King John of England, is considered one of the founding documents of modern democracy?