kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: history
Question: In 1962 President Kennedy of the US and Chairman Khrushchev of the Soviet Union were able to peacefully end a confrontation which might have led to a nuclear war. Where was this crisis centered?
Choices: Israel; Korea; Berlin; Cuba
Answer: Cuba
Category: history
Question: Early in his administration this US President survived being shot by an assassin and even showed a sense of humor when he told his wife, Honey, I forgot to duck.
Choices: Nixon; Carter; Ford; Reagan
Answer: Reagan
Category: history
Question: Children, and many adults too, were happy when the first Disneyland opened in California in this year.
Choices: 1949; 1955; 1967; 1962
Answer: 1955
Category: history
Question: In 1954 Roger Bannister became the first person in history to do which of the following?
Choices: win Noble Prizes in three different categories; orbit the earth; None of these; run a mile in under four minutes
Answer: run a mile in under four minutes
Category: history
Question: In the 1960s, Humans finally achieved an age-old dream of landing on the Moon. Who was the first person to set foot on the Moon and in what year did this happen?
Choices: Michael Collins, 1968; Neil Armstrong, 1969; Buzz Aldrin, 1966; Buzz Aldrin, 1967
Answer: Neil Armstrong, 1969
Category: history
Question: The Zodiak killer is a suspect in the murders of Lindsay Cutshall and Jason S. Allen who were murdered in their sleeping bags on Fish Head Beach in Jenner, California in August 2004?
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: When did the Allies capture Tobruk during World War II?
Choices: 1943; 1939; 1941; 1942
Answer: 1942
Category: history
Question: During WWII, upon leaving the Philippines, American general Douglass Mcarthur said I will never return.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: What nickname did Erwin Rommel get during World War II?
Choices: Desert Fox; Stealth; The Mole; The African Liberator
Answer: Desert Fox
Category: history
Question: In what month in 1945 did Japan surrender to the US?
Choices: October; September; January; December
Answer: September
Category: history
Question: What day in 1944 is referred to as D-Day?
Choices: June 6; August 2; June 10; May 9
Answer: June 6
Category: history
Question: Did Warsaw surrender to German troops in 1940?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: No
Category: history
Question: Was the Soviet Union part of the Axis Powers during World War II?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: No
Category: history
Question: During World War II, Japan was one of the Axis powers.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: Where did the D-Day invasion occur?
Choices: Normandy; Cherbourg; Minsk; Warsaw
Answer: Normandy
Category: history
Question: When did the Germans invade Yugoslavia and Greece during World War II?
Choices: 1939; 1943; 1941; 1999
Answer: 1941
Category: history
Question: In what month of 1941 did Nazi Germanys invasion of the Soviet Union start?
Choices: August; March; July; June
Answer: June
Category: history
Question: The grave of Jesse James was exhumed in 1995 and it was found out that the person buried there was actually Jesse James.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who in 1961 became the first human to enter outer space, died in 1968. What was the cause of his death?
Choices: He developed AIDS and was not treated.; He was killed in an car accident.; He was killed in a plane crash.; A plane he was piloting was shot down by Chechen rebels.
Answer: He was killed in a plane crash.
Category: history
Question: American astronaut John Glenn piloted the first American manned orbital mission, aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962.  What actor performed a song, dedicated to him?
Choices: Charleton Heston; Walter Brennan; Nat King Cole; Perry Como
Answer: Walter Brennan
Category: history
Question: On October 24, 1960, over 100 people died in the Soviet Union, in a rocket explosion that was not reported until the 1990s.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: This Russian cosmonaut was likely to have been the third or fourth person in space, but was dismissed from the cosmonaut corps in 1963, because of drunkenness and disorderly behavior at Chkalovskiy station.
Choices: Vladimir Komarov; Aleksei Leonov; Grigori Nelyubov; Alexi Petronov
Answer: Grigori Nelyubov
Category: history
Question: The first person who lost his life in a space flight was the Soviet cosmonaut, Vladimir M. Komarov. How did he die?
Choices: The capsule of his Soyuz 1 spacecraft burned upon re-entry, due to damage to the heat shields.; His Soyuz 1 capsule landed on hard ground rather than making a soft, water landing.; His Soyuz 1 capsule burnt up in space because the heat shields were inadequate.; The parachutes on his Soyuz 1 capsule did not deploy and the hard entry caused his death.
Answer: The parachutes on his Soyuz 1 capsule did not deploy and the hard entry caused his death.
Category: history
Question: What astronaut almost drowned in 1961, when his Liberty Bell 7 capsule sank upon splashdown in the Pacific Ocean?
Choices: Jim Lovell; Ed White; Roger Chaffee; Gus Grissom
Answer: Gus Grissom
Category: history
Question: On September 23, 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter, whose mission was to study the Martian weather, climate, and water, crashed on the Martian surface, instead of starting to orbit around the planet. What was the reason for this accident?
Choices: The atmospheric stresses and friction were greater than expected.; A mechanical fault in the protective shield; Confusion in the system of units in the navigation of the spacecraft; Mars gravitation forces were greater than expected.
Answer: Confusion in the system of units in the navigation of the spacecraft
Category: history
Question: This year was fatal for Russian space exploration, because after a normal re-entry of the capsule of the Soyuz 11 mission, the ground team opened the capsule to find the crew dead.
Choices: 1984; 1971; 1982; 1989
Answer: 1971
Category: history
Question: Which of these statements about the state of the human body during space flights has been proven?
Choices: Astronauts tend to have memory problems during longer flights.; Astronauts tend to have elevated testosterone levels in space.; Astronauts tend to have a reduced amount of testosterone in space.; Astronauts tend to have a decreased capacity for exercise and brain activity when in outer space.
Answer: Astronauts tend to have a reduced amount of testosterone in space.
Category: history
Question: On February 1, 2003, during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the entire seven-member crew died. However, something on the shuttle survived the crash. What was it?
Choices: Some rod-shaped bacteria; A mouse; An android; Some worms
Answer: Some worms
Category: history
Question: Name the first state to secede from the Union.
Choices: Georgia; Virginia; Tennessee; South Carolina
Answer: South Carolina
Category: history
Question: Who was the first person in space?
Choices: Alexey Ivanovich; Alan Shepard; John Glen; Yuri Gagarin
Answer: Yuri Gagarin
Category: history
Question: Who is the first president of the U. S. in the 21st century?
Choices: Bill Clinton; Al Gore; Barrack Obama; George W. Bush
Answer: Bill Clinton
Category: history
Question: The battle that is generally considered the turning point of the Pacific War was fought on and near this island.
Choices: Palau; Midway; Iwo Jima; Kiska
Answer: Midway
Category: history
Question: The Doolittle raid was the first time the US bombed Japan in the Pacific War. The bombers were launched from an aircraft carrier but the Japanese did not know where the bombers came from. What place did President Roosevelt facetiously name as the place where the bombers had come from?
Choices: an underground air base in China; Utopia; Shangri-La; The North Pole
Answer: Shangri-La
Category: history
Question: Where did the Japanese and Americans fight for about six months in 1942 before the Japanese were finally defeated and their advance in the Solomon Islands stopped?
Choices: Kiska; Guadalcanal; New Britain; Tarawa
Answer: Guadalcanal
Category: history
Question: In what sea were the combined naval forces of the US, Britain, Netherlands and Australia decisively defeated by the Japanese Navy as they advanced in Southeast Asia in 1942?
Choices: Java Sea; Arafura Sea; South China Sea; Timor Sea
Answer: Java Sea
Category: history
Question: The kamikaze, Japanese suicide planes that crashed into Allied ships, first made a systematic appearance in 1944 during the fighting near this location.
Choices: Makin Atol; Tarawa; the Philippines; Palau
Answer: the Philippines
Category: history
Question: This island, captured by US forces in 1944, was close enough for B29 bombers to fly round trip to Japan. A major air base was built there from which many B29 bombing attacks were launched and the planes carrying the atomic bombs took off.
Choices: Mindanao; Palau; Tinian; Guam
Answer: Tinian
Category: history
Question: What was the only major city in the Pacific theater of operations in which there was major urban warfare between US and Japanese forces?
Choices: Beijing; Port Moresby; Manila; Taipei
Answer: Manila
Category: history
Question: This Japanese city had a large section burned out in a fire storm started by a large B29 air raid in March 1945. Although statistics are inadequate to judge conclusively, the raid may have killed as many people in one night as were killed by the atomic bomb at Hiroshima.
Choices: Sapporo; Tokyo; Osaka; Kyoto
Answer: Tokyo
Category: history
Question: The British and their allies were shocked in 1942 when the Japanese captured a British colonial city that was supposed to be so well fortified as to be immune to attack. What was that city?
Choices: Mandalay; Hong Kong; Singapore; Darwin
Answer: Singapore
Category: history
Question: The last major battle of World War Two was also the one that caused the most casualties to the US and their allies (mostly British) in the Pacific War. Where was this battle fought?
Choices: Philippines; Guam; Okinawa; Iwo Jima
Answer: Okinawa
Category: history
Question: During World War Two, General MacArthurs US forces, with help from Australian forces, methodically and skillfully drove the Japanese from the second largest island in the world. What is that island?
Choices: New Guinea; Luzon; Sumatra; Australia
Answer: New Guinea
Category: history
Question: In 1944 the US Navy air arm effectively destroyed the Japanese naval air power by sinking three Japanese aircraft carriers and shooting down about 600 Japanese planes in a battle the Americans nicknamed the turkey shoot. In what sea, which gives the battle its name, did this happen?
Choices: Sea of Japan; Philippine Sea; East China Sea; Celebes Sea
Answer: Philippine Sea
Category: history
Question: In what body of water was a naval battle fought in 1942 in which, for the first time in history, the ships of both sides never saw each other?
Choices: Leyte Gulf; Sulu Sea; Gulf of Papua; Coral Sea
Answer: Coral Sea
Category: history
Question: How long did Hitlers Third Reich last?
Choices: 14 years; 12 years; 6 years; 4 years
Answer: 12 years
Category: history
Question: During WWII Joseph Stalin was leader of the Soviet Union. His name, Stalin, means Man of Power.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: Adolf Hitlers father, Alois, changed his last name to Hitler. What was his original last name?
Choices: Von Poppen; Schicklgruber; Hindenburg; Van Poppen
Answer: Schicklgruber
Category: history
Question: What was the code name for the invasion of Japan during WWII, which was never undertaken due to the end of the war?
Choices: Cupcake; Downwind; Triton; Downfall
Answer: Downfall
Category: history
Question: The Soviet Union declared war on Japan on August 1, 1945.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: The title of Hitlers book Mein Kampf means My Story.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: Which of these countries was not neutral during WWII?
Choices: Portugal; Greece; Spain; Switzerland
Answer: Greece
Category: history
Question: Who was Geli Raubel?
Choices: One of Hitlers nieces; One of Hitlers secretaries; One of Hitlers secret agents; One of Hitlers sisters
Answer: One of Hitlers nieces
Category: history
Question: What was the name of the airplane that dropped the a-bomb over Nagasaki  on August 9, 1945?
Choices: Little Boy; Angela Heart; Bocks Car; Enola Gay
Answer: Bocks Car
Category: history
Question: During WWII, the SS formed a unit called the Werewolves to resist allied occupation forces.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: Who led the Vichy regime in France during WWII?
Choices: Marshall Petain; General Jean Martine Dubois; General Lemoines; Henri Desqueres
Answer: Marshall Petain
Category: history
Question: During the Nuremberg trails, 30% of the defendants claimed the Holocaust never occurred, the remainder claimed they were just following orders.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: What is the name of the last Inca Emperor, who defeated his older half-brother in a civil war and took the throne?
Choices: Tupac Hualpa; Atahualpa; Huayna Capac; Huascar
Answer: Atahualpa
Category: history
Question: What was the language of the Inca Empire, used by the Catholic Church to preach to Indians in the Andes area?
Choices: Sepik-Ramu; Mairasi; Quechua; Amto-Musan
Answer: Quechua
Category: history
Question: This American explorer, a former member of the US Senate, rediscovered the Inca settlement of Machu Picchu.
Choices: Hiram Bingham; Richard Basset; Dean Barkley; Judah Benjamin
Answer: Hiram Bingham
Category: history
Question: This Spanish conquistador, the founder of the City of Lima, conquered the Inca Empire.
Choices: Gonzalo Pizarro; Hernan Cortes; Francisco Pizarro; Alonso de Ojeda
Answer: Francisco Pizarro
Category: history
Question: This kingdom, the largest in the Late Intermediate period of the cultural history of Peru, was eventually conquered by the Inca Empire in 1493.
Choices: Chimor; Chan Chan; Wanka; Moche
Answer: Chimor
Category: history
Question: The Battle of Cajamarca, in which the last Inca emperor was captured, took place in which year?
Choices: 1530; 1532; 1555; 1560
Answer: 1532
Category: history
Question: Who was the god of mountains in the Inca mythology?
Choices: Kon (Kan); Chasca; Apo (Apu); Paricia
Answer: Apo (Apu)
Category: history
Question: What did the Inca officials wear in order to indicate their status?
Choices: sword; hat; tunic; belt
Answer: tunic
Category: history
Question: How many provincial regions did the Inca Empire have?
Choices: 2; 5; 3; 4
Answer: 4
Category: history
Question: This title, which in English means the only one,  was used by the ruler of the Inca Empire.
Choices: Manco Inca; Sapa Inca; Tupac Inca; Titu Inca
Answer: Sapa Inca
Category: history
Question: What was the scene of the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War?
Choices: Actium; Epirus; Aegospotami; Salamis
Answer: Aegospotami
Category: history
Question: Agamemnon, one of the most notable heroes of Greek mythology, was a ruler of Mycenae.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: history
Question: This town, after which an Olympic event was named, was the site of a battle where the Athenian army defeated the Persians in 490 BC.
Choices: Decathlos; Pentathos; Marathon; Javelinos River
Answer: Marathon
Category: history
Question: In early 6th century BC, the city states of Akragas, Gela, and Syracuse sent ships to the city of Himera in west Sicily, where they defeated an invading force coming from where?
Choices: Egypt; Crete; Carthage; Rome
Answer: Carthage
Category: history
Question: Ancient Greece was the birthplace of the chariot.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: What was the result of the Athenian invasion of Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War?
Choices: The Athenians were defeated.; Syracuse was destroyed and Sparta later surrendered.; The Romans defeated both sides and took over Sicily.; Carthage invaded and controlled western Sicily.
Answer: The Athenians were defeated.
Category: history
Question: Alexander the Great commanded the Macedonian army and defeated Athens, Thebes and their allies at the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC).
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: A story says that a Spartan wife gave this advice to her husband, upon his departure for the battlefield.
Choices: None of these; May Zeus strengthen you and return you home safely.; May the blood of your enemies be as red as your cloak.; Come home with your shield or upon it.
Answer: Come home with your shield or upon it.
Category: history
Question: Which of the following city states was not on the territory of present-day Greece?
Choices: Sparta; Troy; Athens; Argos
Answer: Troy
Category: history
Question: To what dynasty did Cleopatra, the last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, belong?
Choices: Julio-Claudian; Vespasian; Flavian; Ptolemaic
Answer: Ptolemaic
Category: history
Question: How did Cleopatra present herself to Julius Caesar when he seized the Egyptian capital in 48 BC ?
Choices: rolled into a Persian carpet; riding a camel; dressed as the goddess Aphrodite; with a snake around her neck
Answer: rolled into a Persian carpet
Category: history
Question: During Cleopatras reign it was believed that she was the re-incarnation and embodiment of this goddess of wisdom.
Choices: Athena; Artemis; Anuket; Isis
Answer: Isis
Category: history
Question: Cleopatras son by Julius Caesar, who reigned, as a child, jointly with his mother, was nicknamed Caesarion. What does Caesarion mean?
Choices: Future Caesar; Little Caesar; Second Caesar; Son of Caesar
Answer: Little Caesar
Category: history
Question: What future emperor of the Roman Empire had Cleopatra and Julius Caesars son, Caesarion, executed?
Choices: Mark Antony; Octavian; Marcus Aurelius; Theodosius I
Answer: Octavian
Category: history
Question: Cleopatra formed an alliance with Mark Anthony, one of the triumvirs who ruled Rome following Caesars death. How many children did Mark Anthony and Cleopatra have?
Choices: 2; none; 3; 1
Answer: 3
Category: history
Question: Who wrote the tragedy Antony and Cleopatra, which centers on Cleopatra and Mark Antonys relationship from the time of the Parthian War until Cleopatras suicide?
Choices: William Shakespeare; Christopher Marlowe; Ben Jonson; George Bernard Shaw
Answer: William Shakespeare
Category: history
Question: Who defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, the last engagement in the Final War of the Roman Republic?
Choices: Ptolemy XIII; Julius Caesar; Titus Andronicus; Octavian
Answer: Octavian
Category: history
Question: After Cleopatra and Anthonys death, who became guardian of their children?
Choices: Octavia Minor, Anthonys fourth wife; Octavian; Cleopatras oldest son, Caesarion; The children were executed.
Answer: Octavia Minor, Anthonys fourth wife
Category: history
Question: How did Cleopatra commit suicide according to ancient sources?
Choices: by stabbing herself with a sword; by stabbing herself with a poisoned arrow; by inducing an asp to bite her; by swallowing poison
Answer: by inducing an asp to bite her
Category: history
Question: The word Calendar comes form Latin kalendae. What does this word mean?
Choices: The day of spring equinox; The day of summer solstice; Last day of the year; First days of each month
Answer: First days of each month
Category: history
Question: The internationally accepted civil calendar is called Gregorian. After who was it named?
Choices: Pope Gregory XIII; Historian Gregory of Tours; Scientist Gregor Mendel; Pope Gregory the Great
Answer: Pope Gregory XIII
Category: history
Question: How many months in the Gregorian calendar have 31 days?
Choices: 5; 7; 6; 4
Answer: 7
Category: history
Question: The Gregorian Calendar was introduced in 1582. Which one of these countries was among the first to adopt it?
Choices: Russia; England; France; Poland-Lithuania
Answer: Poland-Lithuania
Category: history
Question: Why is the 9th month of the Gregorian calendar called September?
Choices: After Septimus Severus - a Roman Emperor; September was the 7th month in Roman calendar; After Septimus Weasley; Septimus in Latin means ninth
Answer: September was the 7th month in Roman calendar
Category: history
Question: The Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian over 400 year ago. Which religion is still using the Julian calendar?
Choices: Islam; Hinduism; Orthodox Christianity; Judaism
Answer: Orthodox Christianity
Category: history
Question: From what is the English word Friday derived?
Choices: Free, as Friday used to be the day of rest; Anglo-Saxon the fifth day; Friesland, a region in the Netherlands; Old English day of Frige
Answer: Old English day of Frige
Category: history
Question: What is the etymology of the month August?
Choices: Augustus means 6th in Latin and the month was 6th in the Roman calendar; Augustus means horrific in Latin. August was the month when Rome burnt; It was named to honor Roman Emperor Octavian August; Auguste was a ship that sank in August 1761
Answer: It was named to honor Roman Emperor Octavian August
Category: history
Question: Which statement about year 2009 is not true?
Choices: It is year 1430 in Islamic calendar; It is the year of the ox in Chinese calendar; Hebrew year 5770 starts on 18 September 2009; It is a leap year
Answer: It is a leap year
Category: history
Question: A week denotes 7 days. Where/when weeks were 10 days long?
Choices: For ancient Balts; During French Revolution; During the October Revolution in Russia; In Mayan Empire
Answer: During French Revolution
Category: history
Question: When did the Battle of Trenton take place?
Choices: December 24, 1776; December 25, 1776; December 24, 1775; December 26, 1776
Answer: December 26, 1776
Category: history
Question: During the Battle of Trenton, Americans managed to surprise the Hessian Garrison because Hessian soldiers were hungover and tired from the Christmas celebration.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: What was the name of the tough Colonel who commanded the Hessian Garrison during the Battle of Trenton?
Choices: Heinrich Bannerman; Ernst Von Klieg; Johann Rall; Karl Stern
Answer: Johann Rall
Category: history
Question: The crossing of the Delaware, that preceded the Battle of Trenton, was aided by a regiment of boatmen from this Massachusetts town.
Choices: Wooster; Boston; Marblehead; Salem
Answer: Marblehead
Category: history
Question: How many men did Washington have in his attack force during the Battle of Trenton?
Choices: 3500; 7000; 2400; 1256
Answer: 2400
Category: history
Question: Was there a second battle in the town of Trenton on January 17, 1777?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: No
Category: history
Question: What were Washingtons passwords for the crossing of the Delaware River and the attack on Trenton?
Choices: Victory and Liberty; Liberty or Death; Victory or Death; Let Us Roll
Answer: Victory or Death
Category: history
Question: The Battle of Trenton lasted over three hours.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: At the time of the Battle of Trenton, the Hessian garrison numbered some 1500 men. Twenty soldiers were killed and eighty wounded. About how many soldiers were taken prisoner?
Choices: 250; 900; 75; 600
Answer: 900
Category: history
Question: The commander of the Hessian Garrison during the Battle of Trenton was taken to Philadelphia where he was questioned by the Congress on January 7th, 1777.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: history
Question: At the time of the Battle of Trenton, some Hessians were quartered in a stone building that is now a Trenton museum. What is the name of this museum?
Choices: St. Anthonys Church; The Old Barracks Museum; Battlefield House; The Stone House
Answer: The Old Barracks Museum
Category: history
Question: Holland means what in the ancient Dutch language?
Choices: Land of  wood; Land of  palm trees; Land of  volcanoes; Land of  deserts
Answer: Land of  wood
Category: history
Question: What Batavian led the ill-fated uprising against the Romans AD 69-70?
Choices: Atilla; Claudius Civilis; Dipo Negoro; Spartacus
Answer: Claudius Civilis
Category: history
Question: In what year was the Dutch Labour Party (S.D.A.P.) founded?
Choices: 1850; 1928; 1894; 1872
Answer: 1894
Category: history
Question: What period of time during the Eighty Years War (1568- 1648) is referred to as the Twelve Years Truce?
Choices: 1635 to 1647; 1598 to 1610; 1569 to 1581; 1609 to 1621
Answer: 1609 to 1621
Category: history
Question: In the Netherlands, who headed the famous postwar Cabinet of 1948 - 1958?
Choices: Barend Biesheuvel; Victor Marynen; William Drees; Pieter Gerbrandy
Answer: William Drees
Category: history
Question: Who became the first female Cabinet minister of Holland in 1956?
Choices: Kenau Hasselaar; Wilhelmina Drucker; Margarita Klompe; Aletta Jacobs
Answer: Margarita Klompe
Category: history
Question: Which king of England is not the title character of a Shakespearean play?
Choices: Richard III; Henry VIII; Henry VII; Richard II
Answer: Henry VII
Category: history
Question: Which great journey was funded by an English king?
Choices: Giovanni da Verrazzanos to Manhattan (1524); Ferdinand Magellans round trip around the world (1519-1521); Giovanni Cabotos to Newfoundland (1497); Christopher Columbuss to the West Indies (1492)
Answer: Giovanni Cabotos to Newfoundland (1497)
Category: history
Question: What was the connection between Mary Stuart (Queen of Scots) and Bloody Mary (Queen of England)?
Choices: Mary Stuarts grandmother, Margaret Tudor, was an aunt of the English Mary.; They were the same person.; Bloody Mary had the Scottish Mary beheaded; They were both daughters of Henry VIII (but had different mothers).
Answer: Mary Stuarts grandmother, Margaret Tudor, was an aunt of the English Mary.
Category: history
Question: What was the connection between James I of England and James VI of Scotland?
Choices: Their boyish fight at St Andrews University sparked a war that eventually led to the unification of Scotland and England.; They were the same person.; James I was the great-grandfather of James VI.; They were both illegitimate sons of Elisabeth I.
Answer: They were the same person.
Category: history
Question: Who or what destroyed the Great Spanish Armada in 1588?
Choices: A hurricane off the coast of Ireland; Admiral Nelson at Trafalgar; Francis Drakes attack in the English Channel; Dutch warships
Answer: A hurricane off the coast of Ireland
Category: history
Question: Shakespeares theater, The Globe, was destroyed by fire in 1613. Which Queen saw its reopening?
Choices: Elisabeth I; Anne; Victoria; Elisabeth II
Answer: Elisabeth II
Category: history
Question: When James, brother of king Charles II, married Mary of Modena, who was Catholic, the English Parliament wanted James to do what?
Choices: Renounce his rights to the English throne; Force her to become Anglican or Presbyterian; Divorce her; Abstain from having sex with his wife
Answer: Abstain from having sex with his wife
Category: history
Question: What was the last successful foreign invasion of Britain?
Choices: Spanish in 1588; Dutch in 1688; German in 1940; Norman in 1066
Answer: Dutch in 1688
Category: history
Question: Where did Scotland unsuccessfully try to establish a colony?
Choices: Uganda; Panama; Kiribati; Alaska
Answer: Panama
Category: history
Question: Who can be regarded as the only military dictator of England?
Choices: England never had a dictator.; Oliver Cromwell; Guy Fawkes; Winston Churchill
Answer: Oliver Cromwell
Category: history
Question: The House of Windsor was founded by King George V in 1917 when he changed the name of his family to Windsor. What was the original name of his family?
Choices: German; Dutch; Norman; Ancient English
Answer: German
Category: history
Question: What decade witnessed the publishing of Charles Darwins The Origin of Species, and the first official game of baseball?
Choices: 1890s; 1850s; 1800s; 1790s
Answer: 1850s
Category: history
Question: This decade saw the end of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and the Year Without a Summer.
Choices: 1780s; 1870s; 1810s; 1900s
Answer: 1810s
Category: history
Question: What decade was nicknamed the Mauve Decade, and saw the discovery of the X-rays by Wilhelm Rontgen?
Choices: 1920s; 1940s; 1820s; 1890s
Answer: 1890s
Category: history
Question: During this decade the first modern railway opened, and Beethovens Ninth Symphony premiered in Vienna.
Choices: 1870s; 1820s; 1790s; 1890s
Answer: 1820s
Category: history
Question: The prototype telephone, the light bulb and the phonograph were all invented during this decade.
Choices: 1840s; 1820s; 1870s; 1890s
Answer: 1870s
Category: history
Question: What decade saw the the end of the Enlightenment, the invention of canned food, and the publishing of the atomic theory?
Choices: 1800s; 1880s; 1840s; 1860s
Answer: 1800s
Category: history
Question: Mark Twain published Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Robert Louis Stevenson published Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde during this decade.
Choices: 1850s; 1780s; 1820s; 1880s
Answer: 1880s
Category: history
Question: During this decade the submarine was invented, Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, and the American Civil War broke.
Choices: 1890s; 1830s; 1810s; 1860s
Answer: 1860s
Category: history
Question: This decade saw the first postage stamp, the first electrical telegraph and the first use of general anesthesia in an operation.
Choices: 1890s; 1780s; 1860s; 1840s
Answer: 1840s
Category: history
Question: In 5th century AD, a child hostage exchange was arranged, to keep peace between the Huns and the Romans.  Attila, future king of the Huns was sent to the Roman court in exchange for which Roman hostage?
Choices: Flavius Aetius; Bleda; Honorius; Flavius Constantinus
Answer: Flavius Aetius
Category: history
Question: What was the relationship between Attila and Bleda who ruled the Huns together until 445?
Choices: They were not related; They were cousins; They were brothers; They were father and son
Answer: They were brothers
Category: history
Question: Because of the plundering and devastations across Europe, Attila the Hun came to be called by what nickname?
Choices: The Scourge of God; The Savage; The King of War; The Bane of the Huns
Answer: The Scourge of God
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Question: In 452, this influential Roman Pope participated in the negotiations with the Huns near Mantua and dissuaded Attila the Hun from devastating Rome.
Choices: Pope Leo I; Pope Urban III; Pope Benedict V; Pope Nicholas II
Answer: Pope Leo I
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Question: To form an alliance against Attilas Huns, in 451 the Romans combined armies with which Visigoth leader?
Choices: Sigfrid II; Athelred; Harald; Theodoric I
Answer: Theodoric I
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Question: Attila the Huns palace and headquarters in Europe were situated on the territory of which modern country?
Choices: Greece; Spain; Bulgaria; Hungary
Answer: Hungary
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Question: In this Germanic legend, turned into an operatic tetralogy by Richard Wagner, Attila the Hun appears by the name Etzel.
Choices: Havamal; The Poems of Ossian; Silmarillion; Song of the Nibelungen
Answer: Song of the Nibelungen
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Question: Honoria, sister of the Roman Emperor, broke the peaceful relations between Rome and Attila the Hun  by trying to do what?
Choices: Marry Valentinian III; Kill Attila; Kill Valentinian III; Marry Attila
Answer: Marry Attila
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Question: In 451, Flavius AÃ«tius, in alliance with the Visigoths, finally defeated Attila the Hun. Where did the famous battle take place?
Choices: Near the Volga river; In the Transilvanian woods; Near the Black Sea; On the Catalaunian Fields
Answer: On the Catalaunian Fields
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Question: In 453, Attila the Hun died in his room on the night of his wedding to which woman?
Choices: Ildico; Kriemhild; Honoria; Gudrun
Answer: Ildico
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Question: He said: If you want to make a lot of money, invent something that will enable Europeans to cut each others throats.
Choices: Hiram Maxim; Thomas  Alva Edison; James Puckle; Leonardo Da Vinci
Answer: Hiram Maxim
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Question: In World War I, the machine gun combined with this invention was responsible for most of the battle casualties.
Choices: James Gliddens invention; Samuel Colts invention; James Puckles invention; Alfred Nobels invention
Answer: James Gliddens invention
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Question: Where was the assault rifle invented?
Choices: in Italy; in Mexico; in Germany; in Russia
Answer: in Italy
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Question: Which of the following was invented by Hiram Maxim?
Choices: The automatic pistol; The sniper rifle; The silencer; The assault  rifle
Answer: The silencer
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Question: He was responsible for the invention of the caterpillar tractor, which was the basis of the tank.
Choices: John Deere; James B. Hill; James Puckle; Samuel Browning
Answer: James B. Hill
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Question: The operational jet fighter was invented during this war.
Choices: The Spanish Revolution; The Korean War; World War I; World War II
Answer: World War II
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Question: When was the first automatic revolver produced?
Choices: Between 1889 and 1891; Between 1923 and 1924; Between 1901 and 1903; Between 1961 and 1963
Answer: Between 1901 and 1903
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Question: In what year was the first mass produced multishot pistol patented?
Choices: 1912; 1835; 1862; 1879
Answer: 1835
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Question: When was a telescopic sight first put on a rifle?
Choices: 1931; 1880; 1789; 1939
Answer: 1880
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Question: Why is the Borchardt pistol of 1893 considered an important invention?
Choices: It was the first pistol to have a separate ammo magazine.; It was the first pistol approved for use by the Swiss Guard to help guard the Pope.; It was the first pistol that was not made of metal.; It was the first pistol to have an effective range of over 60 yards.
Answer: It was the first pistol to have a separate ammo magazine.
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Question: Although it  looks a lot like the World War II bazooka, the US Army Javelin anti-armor weapon has this advantage over other weapons of its type.
Choices: It is only 50% the weight of similar weapons.; It uses much cheaper munitions.; It leaves no heat  trail.; It is about 50% the cost of similar weapons.
Answer: It leaves no heat  trail.
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Question: Which is the odd one out?
Choices: SWORDS; Dragon; Predator; TALON
Answer: Dragon
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Question: Which of these European nations did not come under Soviet domination in the five years following the end of World War Two?
Choices: Romania; Yugoslavia; Czechoslovakia; Poland
Answer: Yugoslavia
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Question: In 1946 George Kennan, a Russian specialist in the US embassy in Moscow, sent a long telegram to Washington. His telegram was very persuasive and is given much credit for the US adopting this kind of policy.
Choices: policy of conciliation; policy of confrontation; policy of containment; policy of isolationism
Answer: policy of containment
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Question: The Marshall Plan of 1947 offered massive economic aid to help war-devastated nations in Europe. However, communist controlled Eastern Europe received none of the aid for what reason?
Choices: The US Congress stipulated that no aid could be given to communist nations.; Western European nations refused to participate in the plan if Eastern European communist nations were included.; The Soviet dictator Stalin refused to allow any communist controlled nation of Eastern Europe to receive Marshall Plan aid; War damage in Eastern Europe was relatively small.
Answer: The Soviet dictator Stalin refused to allow any communist controlled nation of Eastern Europe to receive Marshall Plan aid
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Question: What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine, that was first announced in 1947?
Choices: containment of communism; US support for the United Nations Organization for maintaining world peace; keeping the US isolated from conflicts in Europe and Asia; economic aid to European allies and Japan
Answer: containment of communism
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Question: Why did President Truman relieve General MacArthur of command of UN forces in the Korean War?
Choices: because MacArthur wanted to withdraw all UN forces below the 38th parallel in Korea; because MacArthur publicly criticized his commander-in-chiefs (President Trumans) policy of limited war in Korea; because MacArthur refused to allow bombing attacks on communist bases in China; because MacArthur advocated counterattacking communist forces in Europe to relieve pressure on Korea
Answer: because MacArthur publicly criticized his commander-in-chiefs (President Trumans) policy of limited war in Korea
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Question: Who did Soviet leader Joseph Stalin appoint as his successor before his death in 1953?
Choices: Nobody; Khrushchev; Bulganin; Beria
Answer: Nobody
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Question: How long did the United States keep the monopoly on the atomic bomb?
Choices: four years until 1949; seven years until 1952; one year until 1946; ten years until 1955
Answer: four years until 1949
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Question: Which of the following is the best reason why the KMT (Nationalists) under Chiang Kai-shek were defeated by the communists in the civil war following World War Two and forced to flee to Taiwan in 1949?
Choices: The only support for the KMT was from Chinese peasants.; The US refused to give any aid to the KMT.; The communist forces greatly outnumbered the KTM and were better equipped.; There was much corruption and inefficiency in the KMT leadership.
Answer: There was much corruption and inefficiency in the KMT leadership.
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Question: Name the military alliance made up of the Soviet Union and the communist nations of Eastern Europe.
Choices: Commintern; The Moscow Treaty Organization; The Warsaw Pact; The Alliance of Socialist Nations
Answer: The Warsaw Pact
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Question: What two US Presidents served during the first decade of the Cold War?
Choices: Roosevelt, Truman; Eisenhower, Kennedy; Kennedy, Nixon; Truman, Eisenhower
Answer: Truman, Eisenhower
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Question: What European nation received US aid  to try to put down the communist insurgency in Indochina in the late 1940s and early 1950s?
Choices: Britain; Netherlands; Belgium; France
Answer: France
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Question: For a few years in the mid-1950s relations between the Soviet Union and the United States became less tense.  What is this period of time called?
Choices: the thaw; the age of reason; detente; the good years
Answer: the thaw
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Question: Which of these were known as Stalins Organs?
Choices: DPM; The MIG-3 fighter; Katyusha Rocket Launchers; The T-34 tank
Answer: Katyusha Rocket Launchers
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Question: Who was in charge of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade during operation Market Garden?
Choices: Major General Roy Urquhart; Major General Sosabowski; Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks; Brigadier General Hackett
Answer: Major General Sosabowski
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Question: How many Americans were killed in the capture of Makin Atoll in 1943?
Choices: 218; 66; 37; 152
Answer: 66
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Question: What was the nickname of the Italian Royal Army officer who led military expeditions in Africa during World War II?
Choices: the Killer of Libya; the Butcher of Ethiopia; the Murderer of Ethiopia; the Slaughterer of Libya
Answer: the Butcher of Ethiopia
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Question: What two Japanese carriers attacked the Aleutian islands on June 3rd 1942?
Choices: Zuikaku and Shokaku; Junyo and Ryujo; Junyo and Soryu; Soryu and Shokaku
Answer: Junyo and Ryujo
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Question: What general was killed by shrapnel in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945?
Choices: General Jonathan Wainwright; General Simon Buckner, Jr.; General Douglas MacArthur; General Walter Krueger
Answer: General Simon Buckner, Jr.
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Question: Where did Joseph Goebbels, one of Hitlers closest associates, earned his PH.D.?
Choices: University of Basel; Berlin University; Heidelberg University; University of Rostock
Answer: Heidelberg University
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Question: Where did General Mark Wayne Clark die?
Choices: Charleston, South Carolina, USA; London, England; Munich, Germany; Naples, Italy
Answer: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Question: Who developed the deadly V-2 combat rocket during World War II and where was it built?
Choices: John Voelker, Nordhausen; Albert Einstein, Hamburg; Heinrich Gerstrond, Frankfurt; Werner von Braun, Nordhausen
Answer: Werner von Braun, Nordhausen
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Question: In the Middle Ages this type of complexion was very fashionable and everybody was trying to achieve it.
Choices: Yellowish skin; Dead-pale white skin; Bronze sunkissed tan; Flushed pinkish complexion
Answer: Dead-pale white skin
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Question: During the Dark Ages, this magical ingredient was put into creams because it helped people achieve the desired complexion.
Choices: Sulfur; Lead; Carbon; Copper
Answer: Lead
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Question: It was believed in the Middle Ages that dilated pupils are infinitely enchanting. To dilate their pupils people used the juice of this plant as eye drops.
Choices: Water lily; Poisonous ivy; Belladonna; Nettle
Answer: Belladonna
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Question: In the Middle Ages, the large forehead was considered a sign of grandeur and wisdom thats why people used this common method to enlarge their foreheads.
Choices: They shaved off a strip of hear above the forehead.; None of these; They bleached the hairline above the forehead.; They plucked the hair above their forehead.
Answer: They plucked the hair above their forehead.
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Question: This hair color was very fashionable in medieval times. Women applied special mixtures to their hair and stayed in the sunlight for hours to achieve it.
Choices: Chocolate Brown; Platinum blonde; Deep red; Venetian blonde
Answer: Venetian blonde
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Question: Which of the following is true about medieval makeup?
Choices: Makeup was very heavy and greasy and clogged the skin pores.; All of these; Both men and women used makeup.; Makeup was applied very generously.
Answer: All of these
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Question: What did people do in medieval times to make their skin appear more translucent?
Choices: They painted blood vessels on their skin.; They used medications to enlarge their blood vessels.; They never liked translucent skin.; They made cuts in their skin.
Answer: They painted blood vessels on their skin.
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Question: These marks were a huge craze in the Middle Ages.
Choices: Pimples; Moles; Warts; Scars
Answer: Moles
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Question: Medieval people had very weird tastes when it came to eyebrows. Artificial eyebrows made from this material were in fashion.
Choices: Mouse skin; Horse skin; Feathers; Silk fabric
Answer: Mouse skin
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Question: For medieval people beauty marks had very special meanings. Which of these statements is true?
Choices: All of these; Beauty marks above the lip meant coquetry.; Beauty marks around the eyes meant passion.; Beauty marks on the forehead meant grandeur.
Answer: All of these
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Question: When did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?
Choices: April 1963; November 1961; October 1962; August 1964
Answer: October 1962
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Question: The US  became convinced that Soviet nuclear missiles were in Cuba by which of the following?
Choices: photos taken by a U-2 spy plane; a Cuban defectors report and pictures of missiles sites; a CIA spys report; Soviet announcement of the instillation of nuclear missiles in Cuba
Answer: photos taken by a U-2 spy plane
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Question: Who were the leaders of the US and the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Choices: Johnson, Brezhnev; Johnson, Khrushchev; Kennedy, Khrushchev; Eisenhower, Stalin
Answer: Kennedy, Khrushchev
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Question: During the Cold War, in the first week after discovering the nuclear missiles in Cuba, the US did which of the following?
Choices: debated with the Soviet Union in the United Nation concerning the legality of the nuclear missiles in Cuba; demanded immediate withdrawal of the missiles or the US would invade Cuba; threatened nuclear attack on the Soviet Union if the Soviet nuclear missiles were not removed from Cuba; made no public mention of the missiles in Cuba
Answer: made no public mention of the missiles in Cuba
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Question: During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US President and his advisors ultimately decided that their best immediate response to the Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba would be to blockade Cuba. Why did they think this was the best decision?
Choices: Stronger measures such as bombing the missile sites could later be used if the blockade failed.; All of these; The US had superior naval and military power in the Caribbean area.; A blockade was less likely to risk nuclear war than other options under consideration.
Answer: All of these
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Question: The US gained some legality for their blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, when they received strong approval and support from this organization.
Choices: The United Nations; The Organization of American States; The North Atlantic Treaty Organization; The European Union
Answer: The Organization of American States
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Question: What statement is true about the Soviet response to the US blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Choices: The Soviet Union attempted to run the blockade but stopped when three Soviet ships were sunk.; The Soviet Union accepted the blockade as legal and made no attempt to have it removed.; The Soviet Union turned back from the blockade their cargo ships that were carrying military materials.; The Soviet Union tried to sink US warships using torpedoes from submarines but failed to sink any US ships.
Answer: The Soviet Union turned back from the blockade their cargo ships that were carrying military materials.
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Question: There was only one death as a result of military action during the Cuban Crisis. When did it occur?
Choices: when a US ship was damaged by a torpedo fired by a Soviet submarine; when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Cuba; when a Cuban soldier was killed during a fight between US warplanes and Cuban antiaircraft guns; when the US fired on a Soviet ship at the blockade line
Answer: when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Cuba
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Question: How did the US show that it was not fabricating a story about Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Choices: by releasing information about the missiles gathered by Cuban opponents of Castro; by showing pictures in the United Nations Security Council of the missiles taken by US aircraft; None of these; by getting testimony of the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles from United Nation observers from neutral nations
Answer: by showing pictures in the United Nations Security Council of the missiles taken by US aircraft
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Question: The Cuban Missile Crisis was finally resolved when the following agreement was reached.
Choices: The US promised (secretly) to remove its nuclear missiles that were near the Soviet Union in Turkey.; The US would promise never to invade Cuba.; All of these; The Soviets would remove their nuclear missiles from Cuba.
Answer: All of these
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Question: What decade was nicknamed the Jazz Age in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom?
Choices: 1960s; 1820s; 1920s; 1940s
Answer: 1920s
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Question: During this decade Soviet leader Joseph Stalin died, the European Common Market was established and the Korean War broke out and ended.
Choices: 1990s; 1950s; 1980s; 1960s
Answer: 1950s
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Question: What decade saw the launch of the Internet for mass usage, the fall of the the Soviet Union and the implementation of the Euro currency?
Choices: 2000s; 1980s; 1990s; 1970s
Answer: 1990s
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Question: During this decade the RMS Titanic sank on its debut voyage, World War I broke out, and Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity.
Choices: 1910s; 1900s; 1920s; 1940s
Answer: 1910s
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Question: During this decade World War II ended, India gained independence from Great Britain, and Israel was established.
Choices: 1940s; 1920s; 1950s; 1960s
Answer: 1940s