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What are Blood Sports?
Included events such as bull baiting and cockfighting, and were popular with 18th century European masses.
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What is Independence Hall?
The Declaration of Independence & the Constitution were both signed in this Philadelphia hall.
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What is 2?
The carbon dioxide molecule contains this many oxygen atoms.
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What is Feudalism?
This form of government had its named coined by historians after the fact, and is related to the word "feodary", meaning "one who holds lands of an overlord in exchange for service."
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Who is John?
Under threat of civil war this king set his seal to the Magna Carta in 1215.
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What is room temperature?
Gallium turns to liquid slightly above this temperature sometimes given as 72 degrees Fahrenheit.
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What is Chile?
This razor-thin country accounts for more than half of the western coastline of South America.
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What is Austria and Hungary?
The breakup of the dual monarchy of these 2 countries in 1918 marked the end of the Hapsburg empire.
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What is $20.
The 7th Amendment guarantees a jury trial in suits over more than 2 sawbucks or this
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What is a mole?
In biology an insectivore; in chemistry a measuring unit of very small things.
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What is Russia?
Lake Baikal, the world's deepest fresh body of water, is located in this country.
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What is Wet-nursing?
This widespread and flourishing business in the 18th century consisted of women being paid to breast-feed other women's babies, and not water.
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What is Spain?
This country lost Minorca Sicily & Gibraltar when it signed the Treaty of Utrecht.
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What is rust?
Hydrated ferric oxide is the scientific name for this.
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What is Istanbul?
This capital is the only major city located on two continents?
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Who was Madame Tussaud?
During France's Reign of Terror this wax modeler was forced to make death masks of freshly guillotined heads
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What is 1776?
This year consisted the publication of Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" and John Lock's "Common Sense".
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What is diamond?
Carbon in this form has every atom linked tetrahedrally to 4 others making it really hard
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