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Who was George S. Patton? | one of the greatest U.S. Army Generals of WWII |
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Which WAR is Florence Nightingale particularly associated with, where she first radically changed the way wounded soldiers were treated? | the Crimean War |
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Where is "The Golden Gate Bridge? | San Francisco - spanning the Golden Gate strait |
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Who was Jean Moulin of France? | A French hero wartime leader of the French Resistance betrayed, captured, tortured and killed in 1943 |
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When and how did John Lennon die? | He was shot on 8 December, 1980 in New York by Mark Chapman |
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Who discovered DNA? | James Watson, Francis Crick and others before them! |
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What is the capital of Lithuania? | Vilnius |
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Who directed these films? "Bladerunner", "Alien", "Thelma and Louise", "Black Hawk Down", "Gladiator"? | the great Ridley Scott |
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What was the name of the prison in Berlin where the Nazi Rudolf Hess was jailed, who flew to England in May 1941 to try to stop the war? | Spandau Prison |
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After WWII, a number of leading members of the Nazi Party were put on trial in which German city? | Nuremberg |
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What is the name of the nearest star to our sun and how far way is it? | Proxima Centauri - 4.24 light-years |
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Which river flows through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine? | The Danube |
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Who discovered penicillin and when? | Alexander Fleming in 1928 |
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By the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered to be one of history's greatest and most successful military commanders. WHO was he and WHICH COUNTRY did he come from? | Alexander the Great from Macedonia |
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How, when and in which battle did British Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson die? | He was shot aboard his ship H.M.S. Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805. |
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Who said: "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."? | Judy Garland as Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz. |
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On 11th November 2001, the Twin Towers in New York was destroyed in a terrorist attack. Which OTHER U.S. building was also damaged in the same attack? |
The Pentagon |
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Who painted "Outskirts of Paranoia"? | Salvador Dali |
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What name was given to the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the Iberian Peninsula including present day Spain and Portugal)? | the Moors |
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Who was the first man to fly solo over the English Channel on July 25th, 1909? | Louis Blériot |
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Where, when and how did Anne Frank die? | in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Feb. 1945 of typhus |
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Who uttered these famous words and why? “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” | pilot Jack Swigert aboard Lunar Module Apollo on 13th April 1967 reporting a serious technical malfunction |
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How many contiguous states are there in the U.S.A.? | 48 (the other two are Hawaii & Alaska) |
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Which famous athlete broke three world records in less than an hour on 25 May 1935? | Jesse Owens |
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In which construction are believed up to 400,000 of its builders to have died? | The Great Wall of China |