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Trivia Questions

In 1718 the British tracked down & killed this "dark" pirate in a North Carolina inlet

The treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 was named for this New Hampshire city

In 1946 the Ivory Coast was made an overseas territory of this country; in 1960 it gained its independence

He helped liberate much of South America from Spanish rule & in turn had a country named for him

This Venetian explorer was the first known European to visit what is now Thailand & Vietnam

General George Henry Thomas earned the epithet "The Rock Of Chickamauga" during this war

This father of Alexander the Great seized the throne of Macedon in 359 B.C.

This sheriff who shot Billy the Kid was later appointed a customs collector by Teddy Roosevelt

For their part in this 1770 Massachusetts riot, 2 soldiers were branded on the thumb

In September, 1971, 43 peole were killed during a 4-day riot at this New York prison