- Historical Dates incl Battles & Wars (Year they began or start/finish years), 1666 - Great Fire of London (8.93)
- Capitals of the World, New Zealand - Wellington (8.85)
- State Capitals of America, Arkansas - Little Rock (pronounced Ark an' saw!) (8.82)
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- Capitals of the World, Jordan - Amman (8.75)
- Capitals of the World, Cayman Islands - Georgetown (8.75)
- Country or City Nicknames, Las Vegas - Sin City (8.75)
- State Capitals of Australia, South Australia - Adelaide (8.75)
- Boxing Weights Classes (from lightest to heaviest), 1. Straw (8.75)
- Phonetic Alphabet, O for Oscar (8.75)
- Maths Times Tables (cubed numbers), The cube of 4 is 64 (8.75)
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History & Politics
Miscellaneous
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Barack Obama was born in Hawaii, USA
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Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy
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Edward Teach was Blackbeard, the infamous pirate
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Hugo Boss designed the SS uniform
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Hundred Years' War lasted 116 years
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In the UK, there are 12 members of a jury
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In the War of the Roses, the House of Lancaster's badge was a red rose and York's a white one
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In World War I, Britain (& others) fought against the Central Powers which comprised Germany, Austro-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire (Turkey) & Bulgaria
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King Canute, ruler of England from 1016 to 1035, was Danish
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King James I was married to Anne of Denmark
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Last year's Royal Wedding had a 29 theme going on...
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Mary Celeste is known as the Ghost Ship as there was no-one aboard when it was discovered
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Moluccas (in Indonesia) used to be known as the Spice Islands
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Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Corsica
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Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba
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Nelson lost his right arm and the sight in his right eye
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Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years
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Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island off Cape Town, South Africa
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Roman Emperors (order of first 5) - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius & Nero
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State Security in Soviet Russia was called the KGB
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The 13 Original Colonies (now States) of the USA: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, North & South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and New Hampshire
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The Battle of Marathon was between Greece and Persia
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The Battle of Thermopylae was between Sparta & Persia
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The Bayeux Tapestry is a 70 m cloth depicting the events of the Norman Conquest
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The captain of the Titanic was Edward John Smith
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The English Civil War was fought between Charles I and Oliver Cromwell
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The Gettysburg Address (just over 2 mins) was given by American President Abraham Lincoln
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The House of Lancaster (Red) defeated the House of York (White) in the War Of The Roses
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The last battle in the English Civil War (1642/51) was Worcester
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The shortest war on record was the Anglo-Zanzibar War in 1896 which lasted 38 minutes
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Westminster Abbey was reconstructed by Henry III
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Who was in charge of the Cavaliers and Roundheads?
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