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1
This 12-man group acted as France's government during the 'Reign of Terror':
Committee of Public Safety
The Jacobins
The Directory
Sans-culottes
2
What was the first dinosaur to be officially discovered named?
Megalosaurus
Tyrannosaurus
Triceratops
Iguanodon
3
Which of these US states was not one of the 13 British colonies?
Maine
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Georgia
4
The first working vaccine was invented by:
Florence Nightingale
Edward Jenner
Benjamin Franklin
John Rambo
5
In what year was the use of the guillotine as an execution method officially abolished worldwide?
1981
1913
1840
1799
6
Which of these countries has never been a communist, one-party state?
Grenada
Angola
Laos
Israel
7
Who was Leonardo da Vinci an apprentice to?
Michelangelo
Brunelleschi
Verrocchio
Donatello
8
What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire?
Quetzalcoatl
Montezuma
Tenochtitlán
Cuzco
9
Who was the last known survivor of the 'Führerbunker'?
Rochus Misch
Adolf Hitler
Albert Speer
Heinrich Himmler
10
In what country was Leon Trotsky murdered?
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
China
Mexico
11
What does the line from 'Romeo & Juliet', "wherefore art thou Romeo?", roughly translate to?
"Why must you be Romeo?"
"When are you coming, Romeo?"
"Where are you, Romeo?"
"How are you doing, Romeo?"
12
On what date was John F. Kennedy assassinated?
11th November 1963
4th April 1968
30th April 1945
11th September 2001
13
In which Colombian city was Pablo Escobar born in?
Cali
Medellín
Bogotá
Bucaramanga
14
In what year did the Vatican City become an independent state?
1872
1501
1929
1960
15
Which Roman emperor supposedly "fiddled while Rome burned"?
Hadrian
Augustus
Caesar
Nero
16
Until 1937, these two countries coincidentally had the exact same flag as each other:
Liberia and Malaysia
Russia and Netherlands
Ireland and Côte d'Ivoire
Haiti and Liechtenstein
17
In which historical event did Martin Luther play a key role?
The Protestant Reformation
Reunification of Germany
American civil rights movement
World War II
18
What is 'National Socialism' more commonly known as?
Capitalism
Marxism
Socialism
Nazism
19
Joseph Stalin was born in what is now modern-day:
Georgia
Russia
Armenia
Kazakhstan
20
In what year did Ireland become a republic?
1801
1932
1949
1916
21
What is the oldest country in the world? (has been independent for the longest time)
Ethiopia
Portugal
San Marino
Indonesia
22
The Crusades lasted from the year 1095 until:
1270
1313
1492
1296
23
What was the 'Cape of Good Hope' once known as?
Cape of Storms
Cape of Misery
Cape of Gold
Cape of Bad Luck
24
In what country was Jonestown situated in?
Cuba
Guyana
Phillippines
Tuvalu
25
In 1266, a pig was hanged for committing this crime:
Stealing bread
Performing witchcraft
Escaping from its owner
Eating a child
