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"From 1844 to 1905, what two countries shared a flag that was nicknamed the Herring Salad?
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"What is the name of the railway that was built between 1891 and 1916 and runs from Moscow to Vladivostok?"
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"Disney removed a bust of which comedian from its theme park in July 2015?
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"During which civil war did the Second 'Battle of Fort Fisher' take place?"
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"Who was Alexander Fleming?
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"Who fell for his patron's mistress, Josephine de Beauharnais, the Martinique-born widow of a beheaded revolutionary aristocrat?"
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"Who was the grandson of Genghis Khan?
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"Who was leader of the Free French during WW2?"
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"Ranulf Flambard was the first prisoner here. He escaped. Where?
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"What former Prime Minister was the first native-born prime minister of Israel?"
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"Growing this provided much of the wealth on which Greek civilization was built, but the trees have deep roots that do a poor job of binding soil, so they ultimately cost Greece its agricultural productivity, contributing to its downfall. What is it?
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"Who won the Spanish-American War?"
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"In 1967 how many days did the Six Day War between Israel and neighboring Arab states last?
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"Who did Leonid Brezhnev replace as the Soviet Premier in 1964?"
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"Despite what you saw in the Disney movie, who didn't actually intervene to save John Smith from being executed by Powhatan?
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"Which ship was the first to arrive and rescue Titanic survivors?"
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"What were the knights called who fought in the Crusades and wore distinctive white mantles with a red cross?
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"The Cold War started with the Truman Doctrine, which kept Greece and Turkey out of the Soviet bloc. What was the Brezhnev doctrine?"
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"In what city were the most famous war trials against leading Nazis held in 1946?
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"Which famous figure was assassinated by a Hindu militant on January 30, 1948?"
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Utility workers in what city found an Aztec calendar stone in 1978?
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"In which year was the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII marked across the globe?
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"Utility workers in what city found an Aztec calendar stone in 1978?"
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"Which actress married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956?
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"Thanks to secret U2 flights, what 1950s president knew that there wasn't really a "missile gap" between the US and USSR?"