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  • Which famous battle had been fought before the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815?
    The Battle of Waterloo (It took place in 1815 and marked the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte.)
  • By the time the Wright brothers flew the first airplane in 1903, which form of transportation had people been using for centuries?
    Ships (People had been using ships for thousands of years for travel and trade.)
  • Which novels had J.K. Rowling already published before the release of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (1997) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998)
  • Which ancient city had been buried by volcanic ash before it was rediscovered in the 18th century?
    Pompeii (It was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and rediscovered in the 1700s.)
  • Which empire had controlled much of Europe before it collapsed in 476 AD?
    The Roman Empire (It fell in 476 AD when the last emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed.)
  • What had Marie Curie discovered before she became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
    The elements polonium and radium
  • Which famous ship had sunk in the Atlantic Ocean before people discovered its wreck in 1985?
    The Titanic (It sank in 1912 and was found by Robert Ballard in 1985.)
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