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1. When Julius Caesar saw Brutus among his assassins he allegedly said 'Et tu, Brute'. What is the earliest written record of these famous last words?
2. In AD 800 Charlemagne was crowned emperor by the Pope. What title did he acquire with this coronation?
3. In modern terms, which of these did Magna Carta seek to achieve (among other things)?
4. It is sometimes claimed that Marie Antoinette didn't say 'Let them eat cake' but 'Let them eat brioche'. Why is unlikely that she said either of these things?
5. It is often assumed that when Hitler came to power in 1933 Germany was reeling under the effects of hyperinflation and that people were carrying money around in suitcases. Was Germany suffering from hyperinflation in the early 1930s?
6. 'The sinking of the Lusitania in May 1915 brought the U.S. into World War I'. There's a problem with this oft repeated statement. What is it?
7. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the Mayflower Pilgrims.
8. Many are convinced that in 1955 Russell Bretherton, referred to as 'the British representative at the Messina Conference', which laid the foundations for the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC) - the key forerunner of the European Union, said at the end of the conference: 'Gentleman, you are trying to negotiate something you will never be able to negotiate. But, if negotiated, it will not be ratified, and if ratified, it will not work. Au revoir et bonne chance'. However, there's a very big problem with this. What is it?
9. Soon after the financial crisis of 2008 broke, during one of the many discussions on BBC television, one commentator asked, 'Are we now going to see the rise of odious dictators with moustaches?' - whereupon another commentator chipped in and said: 'Of course the Great Depression brought Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin to power'. There's something wrong with this statement. What is it?
10. 'Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic in order to prove that the world is round'. There's something about this statement that doesn't make sense. What is it?
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