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Trivia Questions

In 1982 this country's president Jose Lopez Portillo devalued the peso & nationalized the banks

As early as the 8th century, the English were required to pay Peter's Pence, a tax in support of this person

In accepting this charter, King John acknowledged that he too was subject to the law of the land

His son-in-law, Galeazzo Ciano, was executed by Fascists as a traitor in January 1944

This country formerly known as Dutch Guiana gained independence in 1975

During the Wars of the Roses, the houses of Lancaster & this one both claimed the English throne

Theodora helped save the Byzantine throne by keeping Justinian from fleeing this city during the Nika Riots

Elizabeth Petrovna, the daughter of this czar, became empress of Russia in 1741

In 1815 the Congress of Vienna guaranteed this country's neutrality

In 1980 this deposed president of Nicaragua was assassinated in Paraguay