Name the Roman Gladiator and rebel who led a revolt against the Roman Empire between 73 and 71 BC?
Spartacus
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Which two countries signed a peace agreement at Camp David in 1978?
Egypt and Israel
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In which state was Henry Ford born in 1863? It was also the state in which he died in 1947
Michigan
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Which war ended in 1902 with the treaty of Vereeniging?
The Boer War
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Which two African politicians jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993?
Nelson Mandela and Fredrick W de Klerk
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In which country, in 1989 was opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi placed under house arrest for her outspoken attacks on the country military rulers?
Burma (Myanmar)
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What nationality was Sir Edmund Hillary, who with Sherpa Tenzing, was the first to reach the summit of Everest in 1953?
New Zealander
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In which year was Margaret Thatcher first elected Prime Minister in Britain?
1979
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In the 1970s, because of the Watergate scandal, who became the first Us attorney general to serve prison time?
John Mitchell
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Golda Meir was the Prime Minister of which country from 1970-1974?
Israel
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Which member of the British royal family was murdered by IRA in 1979?
Lord Mountbatten
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In which French city did Germany surrender in World War II?
Reims
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Who commanded the Allied forces that invaded Europe on D-Day?
General Dwight Eisenhower
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What was the popular name for pilotless bombs, V-1s?
Doodle-bug or buzz bomb
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Which great evacuation of 1940 was called Operation Dynamo?
Dunkirk
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According to Churchill, he had nothing to offer in 1940 but what?
Blood, toil, tears, and sweat
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Which US band-leader went missing over the Channel in 1944?
Glenn Miller
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What was the meaning of Mahatma Gandhi's message 'Satyagraha'?
Non-violent resistance
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Whose presidency was known a 'the businessman's administration'?
Eisenhower
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Name the Queen's art expert who, in 1978, was disclosed as being 'the fourth man' following the defection of Burgess and MacLean in 1951?
Sir Anthony Blunt
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Who was president when the USA entered the first World War?
Woodrow Wilson
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In which decade was London's 'Crystal Palace' destroyed by fire?
1930's
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On the bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1941, who said: 'Our enemies have performed a brilliant feat of deception, perfectly timed and executed whit great skill'?
President Franklin D Roosevelt
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Who, in 1963 said: 'Let us seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of hatred and bitterness'?
Martin Luther King
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The Treaty of Panmunjom ended which war?
Korean war
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At the end of the 18th century, where did a man named Toussaint-L'Ouverture lead a rebellion?
Haiti
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Who was the Roman emperor at the time of St Paul's execution, circa 64 AD?
Nero
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What name is given to the period between Napoleon's return to France after his escape from Elba, until his final defeat at Waterloo?
Hundred Days
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