Challenging History Examination
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Question 1 of 10
I once said, "Not only is cremation good from the point of view of hygiene, but it also saves farmland." Yet, even though I had wanted to be cremated, my mummified corpse was put on display in a Hanoi mausoleum. Who am I?
Question 2 of 10
In which decade did the Spanish Civil War occur?
Question 3 of 10
On November 19, 1863, he gave a famous speech that was so short that the official photographer only managed to snap a shot of his butt as he was retaking his seat. Who?
Question 4 of 10
Supposedly, the Germans missed a chance to kill FDR when he went to North Africa, because translators literally thought he was at the "White House." Where was he?
Question 5 of 10
In which present-day country did Mobuto Sese Soko seize power in the 1960s?
Question 6 of 10
Ba'ath means "Resistance." What two countries have been strongholds for the Ba'ath Party?
Question 7 of 10
Of the first five presidents, only one was not from Virginia. And he was from the same hometown as the sixth. Who was he?
Question 8 of 10
The Orlov is said to be an Indian diamond known as the Great Mogul, but was set in a scepter by which ruler?
Question 9 of 10
What corrupt New Yorker was dogged by Thomas Nast's cartoons of him, and was captured by people who recognized him from a cartoon?
Question 10 of 10
After the Battle of Lexington, minutemen blocked the British at the North Bridge in what Massachusetts community?

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