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Question 1 of 10

What 1976 BBC documentary noticed how, strangely, Richard Nixon, Edward Heath, Kakuei Tanaka and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands all fell from power in the early 70s after receiving what gift from China?

Question 2 of 10

World War I officially ended on November 11, 1918, at 11 AM. At 10:59 AM, one minute before WWI officially ended, a demoted US soldier, Henry Gunther tried to regain his honor by leading a squad attack on a German machine gun roadblock in Chaumont-devant-Damvilliers, France. When was this?

Question 3 of 10

Who said this? "Non-violence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed."

Question 4 of 10

What former Buddhist country was ruled as feudal fiefdom by his monkly lamas, who taxed everything, including being born and leaving town, lived in elaborate castles, and brutally tortured opponents?

Question 5 of 10

Vladimir the Great is also St Vladimir of Kiev, having brought Christianity to what people?

Question 6 of 10

Who was riding a horse when somebody shot off his stovepipe hat, only for somebody else to shoot him in the head eight months later?

Question 7 of 10

Developed in 1962, Operations Northwoods planned to provoke war with what country, by faking a terrorist attack, or a raid on Guantanamo?

Question 8 of 10

What country has sent London's Trafalgar Square a Christmas tree every year since 1947, as a way to thank it for its help during World War II?

Question 9 of 10

Evidence found in South Africa's Wonderwerk Cave pushed back the date humans were known to have used fire. To how long ago?

Question 10 of 10

When Thomas Cuming put this new state's capital in Omaha, he so annoyed the more populous southern half that they asked Congress to make them their own state. What would it have been called?

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