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| # | Question | Answer |
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| 281 | How old was Adolf Hitler when he died? | 56 |
| 282 | The Spitfire L.F. Mk IX had what engine? | Merlin 66 |
| 283 | How long did the Warsaw Uprising during World War II last? | 63 Days |
| 284 | In relation to the British Occupation in Ireland, what does the IRA stand for. | Irish Republican Army |
| 285 | Which Roman Emperor led the Roman Empire to reach its maximum territorial extent? | Trajan |
| 286 | What was the first sport to have been played on the moon? | Golf |
| 287 | Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine? | Henry II |
| 288 | Which WWII tank ace is credited with having destroyed the most tanks? | Kurt Knispel |
| 289 | Which one of these rulers did not belong to the Habsburg dynasty? | Philip V |
| 290 | During WWII, in 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and what other city? | Nagasaki |
| 291 | Which of these countries was NOT a part of the Soviet Union? | Afghanistan |
| 292 | Who was the first American in space? | Alan Shephard |
| 293 | Before the American colonies switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, on what date did their new year start? | March 25th |
| 294 | Which of these founding fathers of the United States of America later became president? | James Monroe |
| 295 | In addition to his career as an astrologer and "prophet", Nostradamus published a 1555 treatise that included a section on what? | Making jams and jellies |
| 296 | In what year did the Great Northern War, between Russia and Sweden, end? | 1721 |
| 297 | What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in America? | Jamestown |
| 298 | During the Roman Triumvirate of 42 BCE, what region of the Roman Republic was given to Lepidus? | Hispania |
| 299 | In World War I, what was the name of the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria? | The Central Powers |
| 300 | Who led the Communist Revolution of Russia? | Vladimir Lenin |
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| 301 | Which of these countries remained neutral during World War II? | Switzerland |
| 302 | The United States Department of Homeland Security was formed in response to the September 11th attacks. | True |
| 303 | Which of the following Physicists aided Nazi Germany in their production of a nuclear weapon? | Werner Heisenberg |
| 304 | Bohdan Khmelnytsky was which of the following? | Leader of the Ukrainian Cossacks |
| 305 | The majority of people that lived under the Byzantine Empire called themselves Romans. | True |
| 306 | On which day did the attempted coup d'etat of 1991 in the Soviet Union begin? | August 19 |
| 307 | What was Napoleon Bonaparte's name before he changed it? | Napoleone di Buonaparte |
| 308 | John Moses Browning, the designer of the M1918 BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) was a part of which religion? | Mormon |
| 309 | The Korean War started in what year? | 1950 |
| 310 | When did the United States formally declare war on Japan, entering World War II? | December 8, 1941 |
| 311 | In what year was the famous 45 foot tall Hollywood sign first erected? | 1923 |
| 312 | Which Nazi General was known as the "Desert Fox"? | Erwin Rommel |
| 313 | In which years did the Battle of Gallipoli take place? | 1915 - 1916 |
| 314 | In which year did the Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack occur? | 1995 |
| 315 | Which game was the Game of the Year in 2018? | God of War |
| 316 | The United States was a member of the League of Nations. | False |
| 317 | What is the name of the Boeing B-29 that dropped the 'Little Boy' atomic bomb on Hiroshima? | Enola Gay |
| 318 | Which of the following countries was the first to send an object into space? | Germany |
| 319 | During the Spanish Civil War (1936), Francisco Franco fought for which political faction? | Nationalist Spain |
| 320 | Which of the following battles is often considered as marking the beginning of the fall of the Western Roman Empire? | Battle of Adrianople |
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| 321 | Who was the President of the United States during the signing of the Gadsden Purchase? | Franklin Pierce |
| 322 | When did Canada leave the confederation to become their own nation? | July 1st, 1867 |
| 323 | What was the unofficial name for Germany between 1919 and 1933? | Weimar Republic |
| 324 | Japan was part of the Allied Powers during World War I. | True |
| 325 | What was the capital of South Vietnam before the Vietnam War? | Saigon |
| 326 | Under which name was Rodrigo Borgia made Pope? | Alexander VI |
| 327 | What was the last colony the UK ceded marking the end of the British Empire? | Hong Kong |
| 328 | What was the name of the national hero of the Philippines who inspired and lead the Philippine Revolution against colonial Spain? | José Rizal |
| 329 | What does the United States of America celebrate during the 4th of July? | The signing of the Declaration of Independence |
| 330 | When did Vesuvius destroy the city of Pompeii? | 79 AD |
| 331 | When was the "Siege of Leningrad" lifted during World War II? | January 1944 |
| 332 | Toussaint Louverture led a successful slave revolt in which country? | Haiti |
| 333 | Which Greek god was the god of the Sun? | Helios |
| 334 | During the Mongolian invasions of Japan, what were the Mongol boats mostly stopped by? | Typhoons |
| 335 | The idea of Socialism was articulated and advanced by whom? | Karl Marx |
| 336 | The creator of the Enigma Cypher and Machine was of what nationality? | German |
| 337 | The Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever tested, had a yield of 50 megatons but theoretically had a maximum yield of how much? | 100 Megatons |
| 338 | Adolf Hitler was born on which date? | April 20, 1889 |
| 339 | In what year was the last natural case of smallpox documented? | 1977 |
| 340 | The original Roman alphabet lacked the following letters EXCEPT: | X |
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| 341 | When did Norway get its constitution? | 1814 |
| 342 | The Battle of the Somme in World War I took place in which country? | France |
| 343 | What was the name of the German offensive operation in October 1941 to take Moscow before winter? | Operation Typhoon |
| 344 | United States President Ronald Reagan was the first president to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court. | True |
| 345 | In what year did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon? | 1969 |
| 346 | What year did Skoal, a smokeless Tobacco company, release their first line of Pouches, known as "Skoal Bandits"? | 1983 |
| 347 | What was the name of the chemical that was dropped on Vietnam during the Vietnam war? | Agent Orange |
| 348 | On which day did construction start on "The Pentagon", the headquarters for the United States Department of Defense? | September 11, 1941 |
| 349 | Joseph Stalin had a criminal past doing what? | Robbing Trains |
| 350 | Who was the last Roman emperor in the Year of Four Emperors (69 AD)? | Vespasian |
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