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| 211 | Who discovered Penicillin? | Alexander Flemming |
| 212 | Assyrian king Sennacherib's destruction of Babylon in 689 BCE was viewed as a triumph by other Assyrian citizens. | False |
| 213 | Which naval battle was considered the turning point of the Pacific Ocean Theater during World War 2? | Battle of Midway |
| 214 | After the 1516 Battle of Marj Dabiq, the Ottoman Empire took control of Jerusalem from which sultanate? | Mamluk |
| 215 | Which one of these was not a beach landing site in the Invasion of Normandy? | Silver |
| 216 | Which U.S. President was in office when the Gulf War began? | George H. W. Bush |
| 217 | The crown of the Empire State Building was originally built for what purpose? | Airship Dock |
| 218 | In 1967, a magazine published a story about extracting hallucinogenic chemicals from bananas to raise moral questions about banning drugs. | True |
| 219 | Which of these 1900s tanks were designed and built BEFORE the others? | Renault FT |
| 220 | The United States Army Air Corps became the United States Air Force on what date? | September 18, 1947 |
| 221 | Which Apollo mission was the last one in NASA's Apollo program? | Apollo 17 |
| 222 | What Russian automatic gas-operated assault rifle was developed in the Soviet Union in 1947, and is still popularly used today? | AK-47 |
| 223 | Kublai Khan is the grandchild of Genghis Khan? | True |
| 224 | Ottoman Empire was created in 1299. | True |
| 225 | In what year did the North American Video Game Crash occur? | 1983 |
| 226 | When was "The Gadget", the first nuclear device to be detonated, tested? | July 16, 1945 |
| 227 | What year did World War I begin? | 1914 |
| 228 | What was the bloodiest single-day battle during the American Civil War? | The Battle of Antietam |
| 229 | Who was among those killed in the 2010 Smolensk, Russia plane crash tragedy? | The Polish President |
| 230 | Former United States Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other. | True |
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| 231 | How long did World War II last? | 6 years |
| 232 | In what year did the Wall Street Crash take place? | 1929 |
| 233 | What Southeast Asian country was formerly known as 'Lan Xang'? | Laos |
| 234 | The ontological argument for the proof of God's existence is first attributed to whom? | Anselm of Canterbury |
| 235 | What was the real name of the Albanian national leader Skanderbeg? | Gjergj Kastrioti |
| 236 | Who was the first man to travel into outer space twice? | Gus Grissom |
| 237 | How many manned moon landings have there been? | 6 |
| 238 | Which U.S. president took part in the Potsdam Conference, where the Allies reached a peace settlement with Germany? | Harry S. Truman |
| 239 | Adolf Hitler was a german soldier in World War I. | True |
| 240 | When was the United States National Security Agency established? | November 4, 1952 |
| 241 | What was the name of one of the surviving palaces of Henry VIII located near Richmond, London? | Hampton Court |
| 242 | The first televised presidential debate was between Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford. | False |
| 243 | When did L. L. Zamenhof first publish "Unua Libro", the first publication describing his international language Esperanto? | 1887 |
| 244 | The coat of arms of the King of Spain contains the arms from the monarchs of Castille, Leon, Aragon and which other former Iberian kingdom? | Navarre |
| 245 | Which country attacked the USS Liberty on June 8, 1967? | Israel |
| 246 | When did Lithuania declare independence from the Soviet Union? | March 11th, 1990 |
| 247 | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the only General involved in the initial assault on D-Day. | True |
| 248 | When was Google founded? | September 4, 1998 |
| 249 | Adolf Hitler was tried at the Nuremberg trials. | False |
| 250 | Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand? | Gavrilo Princip |
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| 251 | Which modern day country is the region that was known as Phrygia in ancient times? | Turkey |
| 252 | Who was the Prime Minister of Japan when Japan declared war on the US? | Hideki Tojo |
| 253 | During World War I, which nation's monarchs were blood related? | England, Germany, Russia |
| 254 | In 1720, England was in massive debt and became involved in the South Sea Bubble. Who was the main mastermind behind it? | John Blunt |
| 255 | Franz Joseph I was the last emperor of Austria. | False |
| 256 | Who assassinated President James A. Garfield? | Charles Guiteau |
| 257 | The Ottoman Empire was dissolved after their loss in which war? | World War I |
| 258 | Which of the following is NOT classified as a Semetic language? | Sumerian |
| 259 | Who was the main developer of the Suez Canal? | Ferdinand de Lesseps |
| 260 | The man that shot Alexander Hamilton was named Aaron Burr. | True |
| 261 | The French Kingdom helped the United States gain their independence over Great Britain during the Revolutionary War. | True |
| 262 | What was Genghis Khan's real name? | Temüjin |
| 263 | What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in WW2? | Operation Barbarossa |
| 264 | What was the total length of the Titanic? | 882 ft | 268.8 m |
| 265 | The Spitfire originated from a racing plane. | True |
| 266 | In what year did the First World War end? | 1918 |
| 267 | Which one of these countries was NOT in the Central Powers during WWI? | Spain |
| 268 | The Korean War ended in 1953 without any ceasefire. | False |
| 269 | Which building was set aflame on August 24th, 1812? | The White House |
| 270 | Vikings were the first Europeans to discover North America. | True |
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| 271 | What year did the Boxing Day earthquake & tsunami occur in the Indian Ocean? | 2004 |
| 272 | The Fourth Crusade lasted from 1095-1099 AD. | False |
| 273 | Which German field marshal was known as the `Desert Fox`? | Erwin Rommel |
| 274 | In what year was the M1911 pistol designed? | 1911 |
| 275 | Thomas Crapper was a plumber who invented the flushing toilet. | False |
| 276 | The RMS Titanic sunk during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to which American city? | New York City |
| 277 | Abolitionist John Brown raided the arsenal in which Virginia Town? | Harper's Ferry |
| 278 | To what political party did Abraham Lincoln belong when elected POTUS? | Republican |
| 279 | What was the original name of New York City? | New Amsterdam |
| 280 | Who rode on horseback to warn the Minutemen that the British were coming during the U.S. Revolutionary War? | Paul Revere |
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