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1
The first day of which battle was the worst day in the history of the British Army?
Battle of Somme
Waterloo
Battle of Megiddo
Battle of Towton
2
Southern Rhodesia became what country in 1980?
Zimbabwe
Togo
Zambia
Tunisia
3
What First Lady was the wife of a sitting president to be under subpoena before a grand jury?
Thelma Nixon
Nancy Reagan
Laura Bush
Hilary Clinton
4
Which German city endured the worst bombing of World War Two in February 1945?
Berlin
Leipzig
Hamburg
Dresden
5
Brazil has had 3 capitals during its history. Which are they?
Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Brasília
Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília
Salvador, São Paulo and Brasília
6
Who was sometime called the "Bohemian corporal"
Joseph Stalin
Napoleon Bonaparte
George S. Patton
Adolf Hitler
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When did the last emperor of China ascend the throne?
1937
1908
1904
1918
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What was the first Chinese Dynasty.
Han
Xin
Zhou
Xia
9
King Mongkut is known as the Father of Modern ________?
Burma
Korea
Yemen
Thailand
10
This Italian Inventor is credited with the invention of the thermometer.
Antonio Meucci
Leonardo Da Vinci
Santorio Santorio
Alessandro Volta
11
What scandal was the Tower Commission set up to investigate in 1986?
The Iran-Contra Afair
Savings and loan scandal
Sewergate
Web Tech Scandal
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In which year did the UK hand over Hong Kong sovereignty to China?
1996
1994
2001
1997