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Trivia Questions

In 1945-46 the number of these government employees dropped from 12 million to less than 3 million

Their marriage in 1469 began the unification of nearly all of present-day Spain

This republic immediately preceded Hitler's 3rd Reich

This French city's Palace of the Popes was the center of Christianity for most of the 14th century

Of the Greek city-states, it was the 1st to raise a standing army

The ancient Romans called this land "Hibernia"

In 1975 this country's colony of Angola became the last European colony to gain independence

This Scottish discoverer of the Victoria Falls was "found" by Henry Stanley in November 1871

This dynasty ruled Egypt from 323 B.C. until the suicide death of Cleopatra in 30 B.C.

In 1895 this British diamond king had a colony named for himself