World Figures
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This French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution, led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars. He would eventually become emperor in 1804.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
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The collective name of a series of fortification systems generally built across the historical northern borders of China to protect and consolidate territories of Chinese states and empires against various nomadic groups of the steppe and their polities.
What is The Great Wall of China?
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"How GREAT are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens."
Who is Alexander the Great?
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The Siege of Orleans in 1428 this woman, who claimed that The Archangel Michael told her to help reinstate Charles VII as the ruler of the French, slaughtered British soldiers and within 8 days she recaptured the city.
Who is Joan of Arc?
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In April 1564, someone gave birth to this Englishman who would go on to write some of the greatest dramas that we still read in schools today.
Who is William Shakespeare?
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In 1949, this man became the founding father of The People's Republic of China breathing life into the idea of communism in China.
Who is Mao Zedong?
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The ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra.
What is The Taj Mahal?
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DAILY DOUBLE!!!
"Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice"
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Causing about two million casualties from Soviet and Axis forces and stands as one of the century’s worst military disasters, this battle was one of the bloodiest battles in history and is considered as one of the major battles in the World War II.
What is The Battle of Stalingrad?
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You should really thank Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee for his invention on March 12th, 1989. Because without it, we would probably be lost. We wouldn't be playing this game or even have a Discord or Twitch channel to stream it on. Thanks Timmy!
What is The World Wide Web or Internet?
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The fifth president of Iraq who was actually executed on the day before New Year's Eve.
Who is Sadaam Hussein?
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Believe it or not, if you go to Lanjeline Pier in Denmark, there's a statue built in honor of the mythical creature that Disney made into a movie in 1989.
What is The Little Mermaid?
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An Asian leader once said, "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
Who is Mahatma Ghandi?
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Kind of weird that this Battle between Greece and Persia in 490 BC would become the name of a long distance run held in Every 3rd Monday of April in Boston.
What is The Battle of Marathon?
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Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November? The Gunpowder Treason Plot? Well, this would've been big if this man wasn't captured just hours before the lighting of the fuse in 1605.
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America wouldn't be what it is today without its foreign allies, especially this Prussian general officer who showed up at Valley Forge to help out the United States during the Revolutionary War?
Who is Baron Von Steuben?
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Built in the 5th century b.c. this monument was dedicated the Greek Goddess "Athena The Virgin."
What is The Parthenon?
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“Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.” It means a lot,coming from a guy who was in charge during the 2nd world war.
Who is Winston Churchill?
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You understand why people say Hitler had a Napoleon Complex, because Napoleon in 1812 tried invading this nation to no avail in the The Battle of Borodino.
What is Russia?
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On the 8th of November, 1895. German engineer Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen experimented with radiation, and discovered an invention that is commonly used in hospitals today to detect what's wrong.
What is an X-Ray?
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Often considered one of the most important rulers in Wallachian history and a national hero of Romania, this ruler was the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Who is Vlad The Impaler?
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In France, this Monument stands over by the Charles De Gaulle center, and has some resemblance of an arch made of limestone.
What is the Arc De Triompe?
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"Revolutions are the locomotives of history." Can't believe that was meant to be a pro communism quote.
Who is Karl Marx?
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The Battle of Balaclava, in 1854, The Russians tried taking taking over a fortress and port that belonged to this country that touches The Black Sea.
What is Ukraine?
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On May 2nd, 1997, this man became Prime Minister of England. Only 60 days before the devastating car crash that killed Princess Diana in Paris.
Who is Tony Blair?