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Question 1 of 10
In the 1250s, the Little Ice Age began, precipitating the Great Famine from 1315-22, which left Europe medically vulnerable to what epidemic from 1347-51?
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Question 2 of 10
To please Queen Amyitis, who was from verdant Medea, Nebuchadnezzar built a hanging garden in what ancient desert kingdom?
Question 3 of 10
What First Lady went public with her addiction to painkillers and then alcohol, just as she had with her breast cancer?
Question 4 of 10
The Sancy, the French Blue and the Regent were stolen from the Royal Treasury during the French Revolution. What are they?
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Question 5 of 10
In 1650, two years after the Thirty Years War had wiped out the male population, what German city allowed men to have two wives?
Question 6 of 10
The Red Ensign was never this country's national flag. In fact, the British resisted this country's use of anything but the Union Jack. Until 1924, it could only use it on ships on sea, and it wasn't until the 1940s that it could fly the Red Ensign from government buildings. What country?
Question 7 of 10
When he was just 32, Bill Clinton became the youngest governor in the nation, when he served the first of six terms in what state?
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Question 8 of 10
If you know your Kirk Douglas movies, this will be a snap. Who was Spartacus?
Question 9 of 10
As captured in a photo by Malcolm Browne, a Buddhist monk, Thich Quang Duc, died at a Saigon intersection on June 11, 1963. How?
Question 10 of 10
Francis Hopkinson sent the Board of Admiralty a bill for doing this, which weakens Betsy Ross's claim to have done so. What?
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