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"Scottish hero William Wallace was 6'7" and used a large two-handed, double-edged sword. What was it called?"
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"What king founded the Musketeers of the Guard in 1622?"
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"In 1482, the Ottoman Empire made Herzegovina a province of what other territory, to which it has been attached ever since?"
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"Differences between the Albemarle Sound settlers and those in Charleston led to what future territory being split in two?"
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"Consumer activist Ralph Nader is said to have cost Al Gore the 2000 election by running for what party?"
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You thought history was boring?
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"Now properly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, Java Man was first found on an island of the same name in what country?
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"On what date did the Emancipation Proclamation take effect?"
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"Thomas Starr King kept this state from becoming a separate republic during the Civil War, but in 2009 that state replaced him in National Statuary Hall with Ronald Reagan. What state?"
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"Who wrote the book "The Partner"?"
