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Israel and reached a landmark accord sealed by President Trump on Aug. 13 that could presage a broader realignment in the region as the two agreed to “full normalization of relations” in exchange for Israel suspending annexation of occupied West Bank territory.

Iraq

Syria

The United Arab Emerates

Saudi Arabia

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a feminist icon and the woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died on Sept. 18 at the age of 87.

Only

First

Second

Third

Diana, Princess of Wales died in a car crash in which city on August 31, 1997?

London, England

Berlin, Germany

Cardif, Wales

Paris, France

Which Communist leader is considered the father of the Russian Revolution of 1917?

Joseph Stalin

Vladimir Lenin

Leon Trotsky

Grigory Znoviev

Which country was the first to experience the Industrial Revolution?

France

Germany

Brittain

Spain

How many years did the Hundred Years' War last?

116

100

101

What was the name of the Mars planetary probe launched by NASA in 1975?

Viking 1

Mariner 1

Phobos 1

Pathfinder 1

What was the highest grossing movie of the 1970s?

Jaws

The Godfather

Star Wars

Grease

Which historical figure lived between the years of 1815 and 1898?

Otto von Bismarck

Thomas Jefferson

Grigory Rasputin

Mohandas K. Gandhi

In 1971, Idi Amin led a military coup in which country?

Papua New Guinea

Angola

Ghana

Uganda

What political work did Karl Marx co-author?

Mein Kampf

The Wealth of Nations

The Communist Manifesto

The Jungle

Which British queen ruled from 1837 to 1901?

Victoria

Mary

Elizabeth

Elizabeth II

The assassination of what political leader helped trigger the start of World War I?

Boutros Ghali

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Czar Nicholas II

William McKinley

The Battle of Hastings in 1066 was fought in which country?

Norway

France

Russia

England

Who was in the command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were on the moon?

John Glenn

Michael Collins

Eugene Cernan

Jim Lovell

The Hundred Years War was fought between which two countries?

Italy and Greece

France and England

England and Germany

Spain and Italy

What was the first dynasty in China?

Zhou dynasy

Qin dynasy

Xia dynasy

Shang dynasy

Which virus has caused more widespread epidemics and pandemics than any other in the world?

Tuberculosis

Influenza

HIV

Smallpox

Which Founding Father had a house which was discovered to have had about one thousand two hundred bone pieces from about ten human skeletons?

Benjamin Franklin

When Pope Gregory IX rose to power, what animal did he order to exterminate across Europe in the belief that they were used in devil’s worship and witch craft?

Ravens

Rats

Cats

Pigs

The Shortest war in human civilization history was between England and Zanzibar. How many hours did it last?

27 days

Less than an hour

2 days

2 weeks

What famous children’s party game that doesn’t involve balls was an Olympic event from 1900-1920

Hide and Seek

Tug of War

Tag

Musical Chairs

Which Century did the French Revolution take place?

Sixteenth Century

Seventeenth Century

Eighteenth Century

Nineteenth Century

The building Parthenon was built in honor of this goddess.

Hera, Goddess of Marriage

Athena, Goddess of Wisdom

Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt

Selene, Goddess of the Moon

What percentage of the world's population lives in a country rated as "free" by Freedom House?

34%

46%

62%

87%

After China and the United States, which country emits the most carbon dioxide?

Brazil

India

Russia

England

Which country has the highest operational wind-power capacity?

China

Germany

United States

Sweden

Fortune cookies were invented in this country?

China

The United States

Japan

Which puppeteer was the sole performer of Sesame Street's Big Bird from 1969 to 2018?

Bill Barretta

Frank Oz

Jim Henson

Caroll Spinney

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