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- Which husbands were known as the Catholic Kings?
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- Ferdinand VI of Aragon and Isabella II of Castile.
- Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile.Correct answer
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- OsirisCorrect answer
- Seth
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- Yale University
- The National University of MexicoCorrect answer
- Harvard University
- Córdoba (Argentina)
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- Richard II
- Edward III
- Richard IIICorrect answer
- George IV
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- Charles ICorrect answer
- Philip I
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- Mexico
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- The Stamp Act
- The Boston Port ActCorrect answer
- The Townshend Revenue Act
- The Quartering Act
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- Luis Aparicio.
- Roberto Clemente.Correct answer
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- James I and VI
- Victoria I
- Elizabeth ICorrect answer
- Henry VII
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- The Progressive Movement
- The Temperance Movement
- The Labor Movement
- The Civil Rights MovementCorrect answer
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- Yosemite Park
- Olympic PenisulaCorrect answer
- Seattle Penisula
- Washington Penisula
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- Sinking of the Lusitania
- Japan invading China
- Hitler threatening US
- Attack on Pearl HarborCorrect answer
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- AnuketCorrect answer
- Seth
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- Menelao
- Lucius
- PatroclusCorrect answer
- Benacides
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- Doric
- Ionic
- Corinthian
- TuscanCorrect answer
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- Thor
- Loki
- OdinCorrect answer
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- Emperor Hirohito
- Benito Mussolini
- Douglas MacArthurCorrect answer
- Sam Jennings
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- Marthin Luther
- Thomas Edison
- George Washington
- Johannes GutenburgCorrect answer
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- Aegean Sea
- Adriatic SeaCorrect answer
- Mediterranean Sea
- Ionian Sea
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- During the Olympics, there was an Olympic truce so that athletes can travel safely.
- Olympics were conducted one every Olympiad, which was a period of 4 years.
- Athletes ran naked in the running event called Stade.
- A Laurel wreath, made from the plant known as Daphne was given as a prize to the winners.Correct answer
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- Leonidas
- Cleomenes
- Agesipolis
- MidasCorrect answer
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- CopperCorrect answer
- Iron
- Bronze
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- Empire
- MonarchyCorrect answer
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- South PoleCorrect answer
- North Pole
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- Cow
- EagleCorrect answer
- Peacock
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- Battle of Yorktown
- Battle of GettysburgCorrect answer
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- Vienna
- BathCorrect answer
- Lisbon
- Arles
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- Oswald von Wolkenstein
- Leonel Power
- Notker the StammererCorrect answer
- Johannes Ockeghem
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- Johannes Brahms
- Frédéric Chopin
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Claude DebussyCorrect answer
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- France
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- SpainCorrect answer
- Italy
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- Japan
- Italy
- Germany
- FranceCorrect answer
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- Saint John Baptist.
- St Geronimo.Correct answer
- The Ermine Lady.
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- Salt March.Correct answer
- March of the Three Hermitages.
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- John Maxwell Geddes
- Dubravko DetoniCorrect answer
- Eric Salzman
- Irwin Swack
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- Hadaa Sendoo
- Choghtu Khong Tayiji
- John Stainer
- Natsagiin JantsannorovCorrect answer
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- NorwayCorrect answer
- Italy
- Germany
- England
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- Phonograph
- Lighting rodCorrect answer
- Incandescent bulb
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- Fidelio
- Carmen
- Madama ButterflyCorrect answer
- Tosca
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- Benedict Arnold
- James Bond
- Adolf Hitler
- Mata HariCorrect answer
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- Caligula
- Caracalla
- HadrianCorrect answer
- Claudius
- Galba
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- Arizona
- Titanic
- LusitaniaCorrect answer
- Andrea Doria
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- AlabamaCorrect answer
- Pennsylvania
- Massachusetts
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- Texas
- Florida
- New YorkCorrect answer
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- PersiaCorrect answer
- Rome
- Carthage
- Egypt
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- The Treaty of Lisbon.Correct answer
- Treaty of Brussels.
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- New EmpireCorrect answer
- Middle Empire
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- Abolition of slavery in the USCorrect answer
- Purchase of the territory of Louisiana from Napoleon.
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- Rafael Trujillo Molina
- Anastasio Somoza García
- Manuel Antonio NoriegaCorrect answer
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- Porfirio Diaz
- Emiliano ZapataCorrect answer
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- Nidavellir
- MidgardCorrect answer
- Helheim
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