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    general history questions in English
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  • What country was once ruled by the dictator Benito Mussolini?
    Italy
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  • In 1950 did president Harry Truman send U.S. troops to Japan or South Korea?
    South Korea
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  • Wich country first used paper money?
    China
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  • Who invented the first car?
    Karl Friedrich Benz.
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  • How many wives did Henry VIII have?
    Six (Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr).
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  • Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
    Michelangelo.
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  • In what year did India gain its independence from Britain?
    1947
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  • What are the four great inventions of China?
    Papermaking, gunpowder, printing and the compass.
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  • True or False: The Berlin Wall stopped refugees from North to South.
    False. From East to West.
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  • True or False: The first trip around the world was made by Christopher Columbus.
    False. Ferdinand Magellan.
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  • Who was the leader of the Indian independence movement?
    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
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  • Who was Lenin's successor?
    Joseph Stalin
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  • Who was the founder of Buddhism?
    Prince Siddhartha Gautama
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  • Who wrote a famous diary while hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam?
    Anne Frank
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  • Where was the Titanic headed to before it sank?
    The USA
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  • Tomatoes, potatoes, chillies were brought to Europe in the 16th Century. Where did they come from?
    The Americas
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