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Who was the granddaughter of George III that became queen after the death of her uncle William IV?
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queen victoria
Which U.S. vice president married Marilyn Tucker in 1972?
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dan quayle
Who was the first U.S. Secretary of State to be inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame?
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madeleine albright
What kind of animal did Peter the Hermit ride through France to rouse the peasants, similar to Sancho Panza's mount?
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donkey
Who was the author of 'Soul On Ice' and served as the minister of information for the Black Panthers in the 1960s?
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eldridge cleaver
What was the full name of the suffragette whose middle initial 'B.' stood for Brownell?
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susan b. anthony
Which U.S. composer, born on July 4, 1826, was the son of Pennsylvania merchant William Barclay Foster?
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stephen foster
Who is the jeans maker who died in 1902 and once served as director of the Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank?
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levi strauss
Which U.S. President gave his first Fireside Chat 8 days after his March 4, 1933 inauguration?
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franklin d. roosevelt
Which boy pharaoh had Horemheb as a general who fought the Hittites in Syria?
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tutankhamun
Who is the famous 'midnight rider' who participated in the Boston Tea Party?
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paul revere
Who was the individual mentioned by Jakob Freud when he said, 'That boy will never amount to anything'?
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sigmund freud
In 19th century America, what street was Hetty Green, the richest woman of her day, famously associated with as the 'Witch'?
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wall street
What is the last name of the famous 13th-century Venetian traders Nicolo and Maffeo?
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polo
Which senator had 11 children, including Michael, Joseph, Kathleen, Max, and Robert Jr.?
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robert f. kennedy
Which historical figure took a cut in rank from major general in the U.S. Army to brigadier general in the British army during the Revolutionary War?
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benedict arnold
Who is the founder of the American Red Cross who also established one of New Jersey's first public schools?
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clara barton
Which postmaster of New Salem, Illinois went on to become President?
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abraham lincoln
In 1492, Martin Behaim made a globe based on the writings of Ptolemy and which Italian traveler, among others?
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marco polo
Who famously declared that 'there is no royal road to geometry'?
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euclid
Who is the son of Alexander Melville Bell, a noted authority on phonetics and elocution?
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alexander graham bell
Which future traitor was really irked by the promotion of Benjamin Lincoln and four others over him during the American Revolution?
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benedict arnold
Which emperor had an affair with a Polish countess while still being married to Josephine?
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napoleon
Who was born in 1769 to Letizia Ramolino Buonaparte at the age of 18?
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napoleon
Who is the notable individual who, with the assistance of Anne Sullivan, graduated from Radcliffe in 1904?
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helen keller
Which pioneer of the birth control movement was forced into marriage by her first husband, William Sanger?
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margaret sanger
Which Apache warrior's name corresponds to the Latin 'Hieronymous' and the modern 'Jerome'?
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geronimo
Which U.S. President left a plot of land in Grandview, Missouri to his Masonic lodge in his will?
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harry s. truman
Whose name, known for breakthroughs in microbiology and vaccination, can be found on almost all milk cartons?
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louis pasteur
Who was the father of Barry Jr., a U.S. representative from California during the 1970s?
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barry goldwater
Which traitor sailed to England with General Cornwallis after the surrender at Yorktown?
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benedict arnold
What U.S. president was nicknamed 'Lyss' when he was a boy in Ohio?
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ulysses s. grant
Who was the first widow of a U.S. president to receive a yearly pension after her husband's murder in 1865?
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mary todd lincoln
Which historical figure is celebrated in Utah on July 24 for entering the Salt Lake Valley in 1847?
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brigham young
What did Benjamin Franklin conclude provides more exercise than straight walking?
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stairs
In 1791, who became a lieutenant colonel in the Corsican National Guard and would later become a French emperor?
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napoleon
Whose remains lie in the main entrance of the original Smithsonian building?
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james smithson
Who was the ex-Teamster leader that attempted to go to Hanoi in 1972 to free POWs but was stopped by the U.S. government?
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jimmy hoffa
Who was king of the Franks and emperor of the Romans, and was the son of Pepin the Short?
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charlemagne
Who is the Carson River in Nevada named after?
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kit carson
Who is the escape artist, who died in 1926, and is referred to as the 'World's Handcuff King' in a book by Kenneth Silverman?
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harry houdini
In 1455, Johann Fust is believed to have foreclosed on and taken over the printing operation of which prominent figure in the history of printing?
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johannes gutenberg
In honor of whose jubilee in 1897 was the Jubilee Diamond named?
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queen victoria
Which Dutch master bought a home in Amsterdam in 1639 that later became a museum?
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rembrandt
Who donated his life savings to Tuskegee in 1940 to start a research foundation?
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george washington carver
Who became known as 'The Woman Who Broke Up the Beatles' after becoming romantically involved with John Lennon?
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yoko ono
Which presidential assassin and actor had a request to exhume his body turned down by an appeals court in June 1996?
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john wilkes booth
Who was known as 'The Lord of San Simeon'?
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william randolph hearst
Which famous Kansan aviator made her last known take-off from New Guinea and has been missing since?
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amelia earhart
Who took the title 'First Consul' after a coup d'etat in 1789 in French history?
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napoleon
Who, according to legend, used a shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity in Irish history?
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saint patrick
Who was the 1950s First Lady known for her fondness of pink, leading to the White House being called "the Pink Palace"?
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mamie eisenhower
What is the name of the zone where George Washington Goethals was the first governor in the 20th century?
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panama canal zone
Which Naval officer famously declared, 'I have not yet begun to fight', and shares a name with a member of Led Zeppelin?
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john paul jones
Who published 'A Magician Among the Spirits' in 1924, two years before his death?
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harry houdini
In which year did a young Indian lawyer begin his first campaign of civil disobedience in South Africa?
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mahatma gandhi
Which author of the 'Rubaiyat' is believed to have contributed to the reform of the Muslim calendar?
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omar khayyam
Which historical figure is commemorated by a statue in Altdorf, Switzerland, for shooting an apple off his son's head?
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william tell
Which Venetian served as a city official in Yangchow under Kublai Khan in the 1280s?
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marco polo
Who was the French queen whose niece, Marie Louise, became Napoleon's second wife?
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marie antoinette