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Who was both the king of the Franks and emperor of the Romans?
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Charlemagne
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Who was the prime minister of Italy as well as an ally of the Axis Powers during World War II?
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Benito Mussolini
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Who is the WW II era Soviet leader that was born to a poor family in Gori?
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Joseph Stalin
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Who is the businessman that acted as the brand ambassador and symbol of a famous chicken restaurant?
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Colonel Sanders
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What country was a member of the Axis Powers in WW II and the home of the ancient Roman Empire?
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Italy
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Who was a well known member of the British monarchy and died in a car crash in the 1990's?
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Princess Diana
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What country invaded Kuwait in the 1990s and fought a war with the United States during the same time period?
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Iraq
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What country fought in the Falkland Islands war and is European?
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United Kingdom
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Who was the husband to Catherine the Great and the son of Charles Frederick?
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Peter III of Russia
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Who was a queen of France and the daughter of Maria Theresa?
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Marie Antoinette
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What country was part of the Allied Powers and got attacked at Pearl Harbor?
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The United States
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Who was a queen of Naples and Sicily and wife of Ferdinand I?
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Maria Carolina of Austria
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Who was a signee of the Declaration of Independence and first ambassador to France?
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Benjamin Franklin
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Who was a military leader and took power in France in 1799?
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Napoleon
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Who was the 16th president and issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
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Abraham Lincoln
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Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States?
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Thomas Jefferson
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Who was the author of Das Kapital and formed the belief of Marxism?
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Karl Marx
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Who was the queen of Spain and funded Christopher Columbus' voyage?
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Isabella I
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Who was the first person in the world to land on the moon and was from the United States?
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Neil Armstrong
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Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation and was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth?
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Abraham Lincoln
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Who was the first wife of King Henry VIII and the daughter to Isabella I of Castile?
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Catherine of Aragon
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Which Portuguese explorer achieved the first European navigation from the Atlantic to Asia and was killed in the Battle of Mactan?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Who was president during the Vietnam War and the Bay of Pigs?
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John F. Kennedy
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What country had Fat Man and Little Boy bombs explode in major cities?
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Japan
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What American political building was build in 1792 and was rebuild in 1814 because of a fire?
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The White House
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What states accepted slavery, but are not a part of today's South?
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Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri
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What State was the first to secede from the Union and the home state of James Brown?
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South Carolina
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Which West Point graduate, class of 1861, was commissioned a Brigadier General at the age of 23?
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George A. Custer
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Who was a West Point graduate and coach of Duke University's Men's basketball team?
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Michael W. Krzyzewski
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Who was the famous poet and author who was in the West Point class of 1834, but never graduated?
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Edgar Allen Poe
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Which politician served as a U.S. president while also being a licensed bartender?
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Abraham Lincoln
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What U.S. president has his bust on Mountain Rushmore while also being the principle author of the Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
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Who was a president of France's Fifth Republic and the husband of an Italian singer and model?
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Nicolas Sarkozy
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Who was a Union Civil War general and a best-selling Christian novelist?
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Lew Wallace
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Who was a founder of Virginia Colony and a long-time prisoner in the Tower of London?
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Walter Raleigh
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Who was a relative of Napoleon Bonaparte and a failed military commander against the Prussians?
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Napoleon III
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What city was home to a school of classical music composers and the site of a 16th century Ottoman siege?
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Vienna
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Who was a member of the Second Triumvirate and a romantic interest of Queen Cleopatra?
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Mark Antony
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Who was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, and the daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes?
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Cleopatra
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Who was the son of Queen Dowager Zhao and went on to become the first emperor of a unified China?
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Qin Shi Huang
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Who was the last emperor of the Qing dynasty and died on October 17, 1967?
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Pu Yi
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What disease did First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's husband have?
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polio
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To what political party did the first prime minister of Canada belong?
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Conservative
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What was the nickname of the great-grandfather of France's Louis XV?
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The Sun King
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In what year did the oldest member of the Roman Republic's First Triumvirate die?
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53 BCE
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Who was the father of the losing commander at the Battle of Hastings?
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Godwin of Wessex
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Who is the wife of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest child?
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
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Who is the son of Queen Elizabeth II's only daughter?
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Peter Phillips
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Who was the wife of the president during the Civil War?
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Mary Todd Lincoln
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Which state was the first American president born in?
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Virginia
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Who is the wife of the second oldest child of Prince Charles of England?
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Meghan Markle
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What is the capital of the country where the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations was born?
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Cairo
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What was the name of the Virginia home belonging to the third president of the United States?
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Monticello
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What type of cancer did the inventor of the cotton gin die from?
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prostate cancer
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How old was the first ruler of Greece when he died?
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52
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How old was the first queen of England when she took the throne?
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37
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How old was the first queen of Egypt when she died?
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50
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How old was the fourth king of England when he took the throne?
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19
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How old was the second queen of Scotland when she got married?
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17
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Who was the second child of the second U.S. president?
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John Quincy Adams
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Who was the military leader of the country that attacked the United States in 1941?
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Hideki Tojo
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How old was the 35th president of the United States when they died?
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46
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How old was the first prime minister of Canada when they died?
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76
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Who was the president of the US when the Korean War started?
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Harry S. Truman
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Which son of Charlemagne received Italy as inheritance?
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Pippin
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Which wives of US presidents were also mothers of US presidents?
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Abagail Adams, Barbara Bush
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Who was the first First Lady of the US to also have a college degree?
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Grace Coolidge
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Who was the successor to the successor of George III?
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William IV
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What is the name of the dog owned by the 37th president of the United States?
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Checkers
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Who was the leader of the country that conquered the Persian Empire?
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Alexander the Great
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Who was the leader of the country that defeated the Spanish Armada?
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Queen Elizabeth I
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What region was returned to the rule of the world's most populous country in 1997?
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Hong Kong
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Who was the leader of the country that invaded Ethiopia in October 1935?
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Benito Mussolini
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How old was the youngest female British monarch at the time of her marriage?
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15 years, 188 days
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What was the profession of the man that assassinated a president in a theater?
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Actor
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How old was the youngest US president to be assassinated?
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46 years, 177 days
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What state seceded from another state in 1863?
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West Virginia
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Where did the first US president give his first inaugural address?
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New York City
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Who was the leader of the country that invaded Iran in 1980?
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Saddam Hussein
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Who was a leader of the Progressive movement that proclaimed American entrance into World War I?
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Woodrow Wilson
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How old was the current queen of England when she became queen?
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27 years old
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Who was the son of King Henry VIII's third wife?
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Edward VI
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In what year was the third president of the United States born?
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1743
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How old was the first US president when he died?
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67
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How old was the president of the US during the bulk of World War II when he died?
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63
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Who's the daughter of Donald Trump's first wife?
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Ivanka Trump
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Who was the leader of the country that invaded Finland in 1939?
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Joseph Stalin
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Who was the president of the country that decided to use nuclear weapons on Japan during World War 2?
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Truman
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Who was the country leader that fought against the US from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975?
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Ho Chi Minh
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Who was the second child of the king of England from 9 November 1841 to 6 May 1910 to die?
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Albert Victor
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How old was the French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution when he became emperor of France?
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35
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Who is the once politically elected son of the 52nd governor of New York?
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Andrew Cuomo
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What country in North America co-led an alliance to eventually win the global conflict beginning in 1939?
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United States
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What country in Asia co-led an alliance to eventually win the global conflict beginning in 1939?
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China
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What country that's an island co-led an alliance to eventually win the global conflict beginning in 1939?
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United Kingdom
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What country spanning Europe and Asia co-led an alliance to eventually win the global conflict beginning in 1939?
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Soviet Union
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Who was the leader of the North American country that co-led an alliance to combat the Axis powers during World War II?
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Franklin D. Rooseveltr
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How old was the third president of the US when he was sworn into office?
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57
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What was the start date of the longest war ever?
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711 AD
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How old was the 48th vice president when he was sworn into office?
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58
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