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Question 1: What Egyptian regent is said to have had affairs with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?
Answer a: Neferirkare
Answer b: Lady Peseshet
Answer c: Cleopatra
Answer d: Vizier
Question 2: In what industry did John Davison Rockefeller get rich?
Answer a: Music
Answer b: Spices
Answer c: Oil
Answer d: Cheese
Question 3: Which Indian is known around the world as "Mahatma", which is an honorific title meaning "high-souled"?
Answer a: Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer b: Shah Jahan
Answer c: Mohandas Gandhi
Answer d: Mumtaz Mahal
Question 4: What name did Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger adopt when he became Pope in 2005?
Answer a: Alexander
Answer b: Frederick
Answer c: Benedict
Answer d: Charles
Question 5: In which century was the American-born actress and singer Josephine Baker born?
Answer a: 14th century
Answer b: 17th century
Answer c: 12th century
Answer d: 20th century
Question 6: Before she became famous for her blonde braids, who amassed such a fortune in the Ukrainian natural gas business that she was known as the Gas Princess?
Answer a: Vladimir Klitschko
Answer b: Viktor Yanukovych
Answer c: Yulia Tymoshenko
Answer d: Victor Yushchenko
Question 7: In what city were the most famous war trials against leading Nazis held in 1946?
Answer a: The Hague
Answer b: Nuremberg
Answer c: Brussels
Answer d: Hannover
Question 8: James Ritty is credited with which 1884 invention?
Answer a: Artificial Heart
Answer b: Orgone Accumulator
Answer c: Neutronic Reactor
Answer d: Mechanical Cash Register
Question 9: What was the first name of Cromwell, Lord Protector of England in the 17th century?
Answer a: Oscar
Answer b: Andrew
Answer c: Oliver
Answer d: William
Question 10: What event triggered a massive tsunami on December 26, 2004?
Answer a: A Volcanic Eruption
Answer b: A Hurricane
Answer c: A Tornado
Answer d: An Earthquake

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