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Question 1 of 10
After the southerners walked out, the Democrats lost quorum and couldn't nominate anybody for president, until eventually the northern wing backed Stephen Douglas and the southern wing backed John Breckinridge, splitting the vote and making what Republican president?
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Question 2 of 10
In 2001, Hannelore Kohl killed herself with sleeping pills, having been tormented by a painful sensitivity to sunlight. Her husband once ran what country?
Question 3 of 10
Who was once the president of three republics at once: Columbia, Bolivia and Peru?
Question 4 of 10
Many nations are named for people. Which of these people does not have a country named for him?
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Question 5 of 10
In 1547 the Grand Princes of the Rurik dynasty became the first people to adopt what title?
Question 6 of 10
What assassin's last words were, "There ain't nobody gonna shoot me" ? just before he was shot?
Question 7 of 10
What country became an empire, when Peter the Great's victory over Sweden was sealed by the 1721 Peace of Nystadt?
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Question 8 of 10
Oliver was the hero of the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. His brother Matthew opened Japan to trade in 1854. What was their last name?
Question 9 of 10
Honoria helped destroy Rome when, to get back at her little brother the emperor, she offered half the empire as a dowry if somebody would marry her. Who?
Question 10 of 10
What city was founded in 1701 by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who called it Fort Pontchartrain?
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