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Question 1 of 10
The 1836 Battle of the Alamo pitted Texans against who?
Question 2 of 10
What was the nickname of Ivan, first Tsar of Russia?
Question 3 of 10
The Vikings came from which area of the world?
Question 4 of 10
What type of show did P T Barnum promote in the 1880s?
Question 5 of 10
Which civilisation used a writing system made up of symbols called hieroglyphs?
Question 6 of 10
Napoleon Bonaparte was emperor of which country?
Question 7 of 10
What was the name of Michaelangelo's famous statue, unveiled in 1504?
Question 8 of 10
Who climbed the South Tower of the World Trade Center in 1977?
Question 9 of 10
Explorer Roald Amundsen, first to reach the South Pole, was from which country?
Question 10 of 10
In which year were the battles of the Somme and Verdun fought?

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