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Who was the first Black president of South Africa?
Who is Nelson Mandela?
100
Who was the first born the son of Abraham?
Who is Ishmael?
100
What band rose in the charts with 20 #1 it singles, the most all-time by any group or individual artist.
Who are The Beatles?
100
The largest of the Great Lakes of North America.
What is Lake Superior?
100
Who led Indians in their struggle for independence through a campaign of breaking unjust laws without violence?
Who is Gandhi?
200
What region of Sudan is associated with the genocide in 2003?
What is Darfur?
200
What is the name given to Mohammad's flight from Mecca to Medina?
What is the hegira or hejira?
200
They "got around" in 1963, their first #1 hit.
Who are The Beach Boys?
200
This "sea" is actually the world's lowest lake sitting 1360 feet below sea level.
What is The Dead Sea?
200
Who spearheaded the international campaign of divestiture of stocks to end the policy of apartheid in South Africa?
Who is Archbishop Desmond Tutu?
300
What do we call the child soldiers of Joseph Kony and the Lords Resistance Movement?
What is Invisible Children?
300
What is the name of the land promised to Abraham by God?
What is Canaan (today's Palestine and Israel)?
300
Although Marvin Gaye hit number #1 with "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" in 1968, this group had a #2 hit with the song two years earlier.
Who are Gladys Knight and The Pips?
300
The world's largest lake or inland sea comprising 143,200 square miles.
What is The Caspian Sea?
300
Who said : “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”?
Who is President Roosevelt?
400
What is the mix of African and Arabic language and culture- spoken in East Africa?
What is Swahili?
400
What is the principle of non -violence toward all living things in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions?
What is ahimsa?
400
Elvis Presley, "the King of Rock 'n' Roll" reclaimed his throne with this comeback #1 hit in 1969.
What is Suspicious Minds?
400
This largest lake in Australia is also one of the world's shallowest, with an average depth of between 5 and 10 feet.
What is Lake Eyre?
400
Who fired a “whiff of grapeshot” on the people of Paris before leading France to its largest empire in 1805?
Who is Napoleon?
500
What two groups were fighting in the genocide of Rwanda?
Who are the Hutu and the Tutsi?
500
Who called on Christians to go forth in the first Crusade?
Who is Pope Urban II?
500
This is the only hit record (by the same artist) to repeat at #1 in two separate years.
What is The Twist (by Chubby Checker)?
500
Located in Africa, this is the world's second oldest and second deepest freshwater lake.
What is Lake Tanganyika?
500
What Chinese leader may have been responsible for the deaths of over 70 million citizens while ushering in a new age of prosperity and modernization?
Who is Mao Zedong?