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Question 1 of 10
Where was the Colossus, a 120-ft statue that celebrated a victory of three local city-states over the Antigonids of Macedonia and which was financed by selling stuff they'd left behind?
Question 2 of 10
After a hard day of golf in Denver in 1955, what president had a heart attack?
Question 3 of 10
What name for the Japanese emperor literally means "Exalted Gate"?
Question 4 of 10
Tollbooth was an infamous 18th century prison in which city?
Question 5 of 10
In 500 BC, a Phoenician navigator named Hanno was probably the first to circumnavigate this continent, but because he said that the noonday sun shone in the north, nobody believed him. What continent was this?
Question 6 of 10
Like Cher, Madonna and Elvis, Sukarno and Suharto went by just one name. What country did they rule? (This being Sukarno and Suharto, not Cher or Elvis.)
Question 7 of 10
What did Captain Cook call the Islands of Tonga?
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Question 8 of 10
What Texan had the longest run as Speaker of the House, serving nearly continuously from 1940 to 1961?
Question 9 of 10
In which year did electricity replace steam powered locomotives in the London Underground?
Question 10 of 10
The day after the 15th Amendment took effect, Thomas Peterson became the first black voter at the polling booth. When was this?

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