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What event led Napoleon to sell all claims in the Louisiana Purchase to America?

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The term 'Grub Street' refers to the world inhabited by impoverish members of which profession?

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Which London underground station was the first to use an escalator?

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Which Commonwealth country introduced the partially-streamlined J class 4-8-2 locomotives in 1940?

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Before September 11, 2001 how many times had New York city skyscrapers been hit by aircraft?

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What/who is the city Chicago named after?

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When was the present Cambodia flag originally adopted?

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Who was the first President of Zimbabwe?

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Where are the famous Ploiesti oil refineries that were bombed in WW2, located?

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During World War II how many air raids was Berlin subjected to by the Allies?

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Who sent the first transcontinental telegraph message?

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How many Presidents of the US did not have a Vice President?

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What did Thomas Crapper invent?

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Which playing card is known as the Curse of Scotland?

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What were the first words spoken as the Apollo 11 lunar lander touched the moon?

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Which U.S. presidents were second cousins?

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What country was the first to use currency based on a decimal unit?

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Which was the first Latin American country to have a railway system?

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Which U.S. President formally declared Father's Day a federal holiday?

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Where does the expression ‘by the skin of my teeth’ come from?

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