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Which historical figure was known as 'The Lady With the Hatchet'?
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carrie nation
Which future U.S. president wrote the book 'Why England Slept'?
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john f. kennedy
Which markswoman did Frank Butler marry after she beat him in a shooting contest?
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annie oakley
Which countrys revolution is Y. Breshko-Breskovskaya referred to as the 'grandmother'?
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russia
Which American served as FBI director from the presidency of Calvin Coolidge through that of Richard Nixon?
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j. edgar hoover
Who was the world leader born near Manila in 1933 to a wealthy family named Cojuangco?
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corazon aquino
Who founded the Kinte Foundation, a clearing house for black genealogy, in 1972?
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alex haley
Who watched the 1814 bombardment of Fort McHenry from a British ship and wrote a poem about it?
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francis scott key
Who was the emperor of Japan whose Showa reign ended in 1989 with his death?
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hirohito
Which one-time black Muslim leader was assassinated on February 21, 1965 in New York City?
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malcolm x
In 1897, who sent a telegram to the Associated Press stating, 'The report of my death was an exaggeration'?
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mark twain
Who was the renowned markswoman who joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1885 and remained its star attraction for 17 years?
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annie oakley
Who was honored with the Freedom Forum's Free Spirit Award in 1995 for her work on literacy?
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barbara bush
Who advocated for the New Deal in 1932 and referenced the 'forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid'?
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franklin d. roosevelt
Which 20th-century person was born in Germany, later worked in a shaving brush factory, served as U.S. Secretary of State, and received an honorary knighthood in 1995?
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henry kissinger
Whose last days are chronicled in the book 'The Emperor's Last Island: A Journey to St. Helena'?
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napoleon
In which country was Winston Churchill's mother, Jennie Jerome, born?
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united states
Which dictator, who later became infamous for his role in World War II, attempted and failed twice to gain admission to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna as a teenager?
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adolf hitler
Which pilot was named TIME's Man of the Year in 1927, causing issues to fly off the newsstands?
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charles lindbergh
Who rode to Concord on April 16, 1775, to warn patriots to move military supplies before his more famous ride two days later?
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paul revere
Which 16th president, known as a humorist, also struggled with bouts of depression?
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abraham lincoln
Which explorer's direct descendant was chosen to be a grand marshal of the 1992 Rose Parade?
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christopher columbus
Whose ashes are housed in Golders Green Crematorium in London and is known as the father of psychoanalysis?
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sigmund freud
In 1206, which Mongol conqueror established his code of laws known as the Great Yasa?
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genghis khan
In which current country was Kemal Ataturk born in 1881 in the city of Thessaloniki?
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greece
Which Scottish ruler is believed to have been killed at the Battle of Lumphanan rather than at Dunsinane?
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macbeth
Who wrote the lyrics to the song first printed under the title 'The Defense of Fort McHenry'?
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francis scott key
Which U.S. president was described by Stephen Vincent Benet as being 'Six feet one in his stocking feet' and 'Tough as a hickory rail'?
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abraham lincoln
Which general was referred to as 'Uncle Robert' in the South?
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robert e. lee
Which individual named Boris was born first: Yeltsin, Becker, or Karloff?
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boris karloff
Who is credited with establishing the world's largest fingerprint file?
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j. edgar hoover
Who ran for the Senate from Illinois and lost in 1858, two years before being elected president?
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abraham lincoln
Which Civil War general received his famous nickname when General Bee told his men to look at him 'standing like a stone wall'?
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stonewall jackson
Who did Norbert Pearlroth meet in 1923 and subsequently research the 'Believe It Or Not!' feature for 52 years?
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robert ripley
Who was the famous French military leader whose grandnephew was Teddy Roosevelt's attorney general, Charles Bonaparte?
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napoleon
Which Roman politician gave Cleopatra 200,000 manuscripts to compensate for the damage Julius Caesar caused to the Library of Alexandria?
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mark antony
Which pachyderm, advertised as the largest in the world, was purchased by P.T. Barnum from the London Zoo in 1882?
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jumbo
Which diarist wrote about not blaming the Dutch people for their miserable time?
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anne frank
Who married South Africa's first black medical social worker, Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela, in 1958?
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nelson mandela
Which California governor delivered the eulogy at actor Robert Taylor's funeral in June 1969?
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ronald reagan
Who wrote the book 'My Turn' and pointed out that Eleanor Roosevelt was criticized for ordering new china?
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nancy reagan
Who is known for inventing the printing press in the 1450s?
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johannes gutenberg
Who is the woman famously associated with riding naked through the streets of Coventry?
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lady godiva
At London's Lincoln Inn, which profession did Thomas More learn?
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law
Who was referred to by Newsweek as 'The Politburo's answer to the Great Communicator'?
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mikhail gorbachev
Which French queen died on October 16, 1793?
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marie antoinette
Who was the woman who managed the farm while separated from her husband, a future president, during the American Revolution?
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abigail adams
Which infamous Chicago gangster earned the nickname 'Scarface' due to a knife cut on his cheek?
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al capone
Which saint, celebrated on April 23, is famously known for slaying dragons?
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saint george
Who was the missing aviatrix whose official search was called off on July 19, 1937?
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amelia earhart
Which historical figure was known by the nicknames Old Jack, Old Blue Light, and Stonewall?
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stonewall jackson
Who was appointed to the EEOC by Reagan and to the Supreme Court by Bush?
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clarence thomas
After the American Revolution, to which country did Tadeusz Kosciuszko return to lead a fight for independence?
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poland
Who was honored with a bronze statue by U.S. telegraphers in New York City's Central Park in 1871?
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samuel morse
What name did Samuel Goldfish adopt after partnering with the Selwyn brothers to form a movie company?
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samuel goldwyn
Who had a Confederate $5 bill in his pocket among other items when he was assassinated on April 14, 1865?
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abraham lincoln
Which famous American, known as the 'Wizard of Menlo Park,' served as president of the Naval Consulting Board during World War I?
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thomas edison
Which Confederate general's horse, originally named Jeff Davis, was later known as Traveller?
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robert e. lee
Which country has King Olaf II as its patron saint?
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norway
Who was referred to as 'Madame Deficit' in 18th century France?
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marie antoinette