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In which city did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his "I have a dream" speech?

JFK was assassinated in which city?

In which modern state was George Washington born?

To fight which global epidemic did U.S. President George W. Bush seek $30billion in 2007?

In the year 79 A.D. the Italian city of Pompeii disappeared after the eruption of THIS volcano

Who was the tallest president?

Which Civil War general became president of the United States?

Which king created his own religion so that he could divorce his wife?

Which Presidential successor to Abraham Lincoln had no formal education whatsoever?

Name the epic poem by Homer about Odysseus and his journey home after the fall of Troy

What was the most common killer of the nearly 2,000 men that died at Valley Forge?

What was the battle grounds of Alamo originally intended for?

The play and film "The Miracle Worker" tells the story of which of these historical figures?

Which U.S. city was devastated by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake?

What New York City mayor was known as "The Little Flower"?

What Shakespearean play has the line "Et tu, Brute" uttered?

Which Missouri city was destroyed by a deadly tornado in May, 2011?

Which ancient Egyptian god was the chief judge of the dead?

What did the 19th Amendment to the Constitution grant to women?

During mummification, which body organ was removed and weighed?

John F. Kennedy, Anthony Burgess, Aldous Huxley, and C.S. Lewis all _______ on the same day.

England’s King George the 1st was actually

In 1912, a Paris orphanage held a raffle to raise money—the prizes were...

Who said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"?

Which country was led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the early 2000s?

When was the wheel invented?

Who was the first REPUBLICAN president?

The disease that ravaged and killed a third of Europe's population in the 14th century was

Who bombed Pearl Harbor?

What does A.D. stand for?

What does the "D" stand for in "D-Day"?