The rather crazy Russian nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky once vowed to recover which formerly Russian territory, which it sold off in 1867?
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Question 2 of 10
In the capital of Ashgabat, a 12-meter statue of Saparmurat Niyazov, aka Turmenbashi, was built in the Neutrality Arch to rotate to constantly face the sun. What country was this?
Question 3 of 10
Despite its name, how long did Hitler's Thousand-Year Reich actually last?
Question 4 of 10
In 1941, which of Hitler's cronies parachuted into Scotland, hoping to get Britain to switch sides?
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Question 5 of 10
What country was created by taking Moldavia and Wallachia from the Ottoman Empire, then annexing Transylvania from the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
Question 6 of 10
After UN delegate Lorenzo Sumulong of the Philippines suggested that Soviet condemnation of US policy was hypocritical, who responded by banging his shoe on the table?
Question 7 of 10
The French state was founded by which Germanic people, who apparently were quite "candid and above-board" in doing so?
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Question 8 of 10
After defying the Soviet Union, Alexander Dubcek went from being which country's party secretary to its forestry minister?
Question 9 of 10
If you meet your own Waterloo on the present-day site of the Battle of Waterloo, where would you be?
Question 10 of 10
At Waterloo, what general was nearly killed, not by enemy fire, but by his bad-tempered horse named Copenhagen, which tried to kick him?
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Do you know who these famous people from the 60s and 70s are?
Extremely Hard History Quiz, most people score only 3 out of 10.