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| Who completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927? | |
| Which organisation, founded in Paris in 1920, was replaced by the UN in 1946? | |
| What codename was given to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945? | |
| A raid on which island in north-east England is often taken as the start of the Viking Age? | |
| Which German military organisation has a name literally meaning 'air weapon?' | |
| Who famously nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of a German church in 1517? | |
| Which Royal House contested the House of York in the Wars of the Roses? | |
| What did the USA purchase from France for $15m in 1803? | |
| Which Marxist revolutionary led the October Revolution of 1917? | |
| Which British explorer did Henry Stanley meet on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in 1871? | |
| Who led the Spartan army at the battle of Thermopylae? | |
| Which author, famous for 'The Chronicles of Narnia,' died on the same day as John F. Kennedy? | |
| In which city did a 1666 fire destroy around 13,000 houses, yet kill only 6 people? | |
| Which British Army officer is the subject of a 1962 film about his exploits in the Middle East? | |
| Which US President gave the famous Gettysburg Address in 1863? | |
| Which African country was founded in the 1820s by freed American slaves? | |
| Which Frenchman is often called 'the father of modern chemistry?' | |
| Which 1876 battle is often referred to as 'Custer's Last Stand?' | |
| Which ocean liner was sunk by a German U-Boat off the coast of Ireland in 1915? | |
| Which French king was known as 'The Sun King?' | |
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